Mweya Airport

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Mweya Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: HUMW
Summary
Airport type Civilian
Owner Queen Elizabeth National Park
Serves Mweya, Uganda
Location Mweya,  Uganda
Elevation AMSL 3,200 ft / 980 m
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Direction Length Surface
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Unpaved

Mweya Airport (ICAO: HUMW) is an airport in Uganda. It is one of the forty-six (46) airports in the country.[1]

Location

Mweya Airport is located in Mweya, Kasese District, in western Uganda, approximately 283 kilometres (176 mi), by air, west of Entebbe International Airport, the country’s largest civilian and military airport.[2] The geographic coordinates of this airport are not known because the airport does not appear on most publicly available maps, as of January 2010. The airport has a single unpaved runway whose exact measurements are unknown at this time.

Overview

Mweya Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the area of Mweya and the neighboring areas of Queen Elizabeth National Park. As of January 2010, the airport is not yet under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[3] The elevation of Mweya Airport is 980 metres (3,220 ft) above sea level.

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References

  1. ↑ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. "Airports: 46 (2010)" 
  2. ↑ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Mweya with Map
  3. ↑ Mweya Airport Not Under Uganda CAA Administration
Capital: Kasese
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