Kakira Airport

Kakira Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: HUKK
Summary
Airport type Private & Civilian
Owner Madhvani Group
Serves Kakira, Uganda
Elevation AMSL 3,960 ft / 1,207 m
Coordinates 00°29′56″N 033°16′57″E / 0.49889°N 33.28250°E / 0.49889; 33.28250Coordinates: 00°29′56″N 033°16′57″E / 0.49889°N 33.28250°E / 0.49889; 33.28250
Map
HUKK

Location of airport in Uganda

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,280 4,199 Unpaved

Kakira Airport (ICAO: HUKK) is an airport in Uganda. One of 46 airports in the country,[1] it is located in Kakira, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda. The geographic coordinates of this airport are: 00 degrees, 29 minutes, 56 seconds north and 33 degrees, 16 minutes, 57 seconds east (latitude: 0.4990; longitude: 33.2825). It is approximately 107 kilometres (66 mi), by air, east of Entebbe International Airport, the country’s largest civilian and military airport.[2]

The airport sits adjacent to the Kakira Sugar Factory and within the Kakira estate close to the main family residences on the Madhvani Estate. It is a small private, civilian airport that serves the town of Kakira and the Madhvani Group. Its operations are privately administered and, as of December 2009, it is not administered by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[3]

Facilities

The airport is situated 3,960 feet (1,207 m) above sea level and has a single unpaved runway which 1,280 metres (4,199 ft) in length.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. Airports: 46 (2010)
  2. ↑ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Kakira Airports with Map
  3. ↑ Kakira Airport Not Administered by the Uganda CAA
  4. ↑ "Aeronautical chart showing HUKK with elevation and runway length". SkyVector. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

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