Namulonge Airport

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Namulonge Airport
IATA: none – ICAO:
Namulonge
Location of Namulonge Airstrip in Uganda
Summary
Airport type Civilian
Owner Namulonge Agronometry Station
Serves Namulonge, Uganda
Location Namulonge,  Uganda
Elevation AMSL 3,900 ft / 1,180 m
Coordinates 00°30′51″N 32°37′48″E / 0.51417°N 32.63000°E / 0.51417; 32.63000 (Namulonge Airport)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
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Unpaved

Namulonge Airport, also referred to as Namulonge Airstrip, is an airport in Uganda. It is one of the forty-six (46) airports in the country.[1]

Location

Namulonge Airport is located in the town of Namulonge, in Wakiso District, in central Uganda. The airport lies approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi), by air, northeast of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian and military airport.[2] This location is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road, north of the town of Gayaza.[3] The geographic coordinates of this airport are 00°30′51″N 32°37′48″E / 0.51417°N 32.63000°E / 0.51417; 32.63000. Namulonge Airport is situated 1,180 metres (3,870 ft) above sea level.

Overview

Namulonge Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the Agronometry Station located at Namulonge. As of January 2010, the airport is not under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[4] The airport has a single unpaved runway, whose exact dimensions are unknown as of January 2010.

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References

  1. ↑ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. "Airports: 46 (2010)" 
  2. ↑ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe Airport and Namulonge with Map
  3. ↑ Road Distance Between Gayaza and Namulonge with Map
  4. ↑ Namulonge Airport Not Administered by Uganda CAA
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