Kasese Airport

This article is about an airport in Uganda. For the similarly named airports, see Kasese Airport (disambiguation).
Kasese Airport
IATA: KSE – ICAO: HUKS
Summary
Airport type Public, Civilian
Owner/Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Serves Kasese, Uganda
Elevation AMSL 3,146 ft / 959 m
Coordinates 00°10′59″N 30°06′05″E / 0.18306°N 30.10139°E / 0.18306; 30.10139Coordinates: 00°10′59″N 30°06′05″E / 0.18306°N 30.10139°E / 0.18306; 30.10139
Map
KSE

Location of airport in Uganda

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 1,600 5,249 Grass
Source:[1][2]

Kasese Airport (IATA: KSE, ICAO: HUKS) is an airport in Uganda. It is located in the town of Kasese, Kasese District, in the Western Region of Uganda, at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains and close to the international border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is approximately 262 kilometres (163 mi), by air, west of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.[3]

Kasese Airport is one of the 47 airports in the country.[4] It is one of the twelve upcountry airports under the administration of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA). It is one of the five upcountry airports that are authorized to handle cross-border air traffic from member countries of the East African Community, as part of efforts to promote tourism within eastern Africa.[5]

Facilities

The airport's runway is 30 metres (98 ft) wide.[1]

International airport

The CAA is in the process of renovating and improving the airport by lengthening the runway to 8,210 feet (2,500 m). The runway will also be widened to 146 feet (45 m). The surface will be converted to tarmac.[6]

A terminal building and aircraft fuel storage facilities will be constructed. A control tower will be erected. Customs and Immigration facilities will also be installed as well as cargo storage warehouses. As of October 2008, the construction plans have been approved and construction will begin as soon as the tenants on the land adjacent to the airport have been relocated. After all the renovations, Kasese Airport will be transformed into the "Kasese International Airport".[7][8]

In 2010, the CAA awarded a contract to Gauff Consultants Limited for consultancy services for the redevelopment of preliminary master plans and detailed engineering designs for Gulu Airport for a price of about UGX:359 million (approx. US$217,000).[9][10]

In July 2013, Ugandan print media indicated that renovations and upgrades were expected to begin in mid-2014.[11]

In November 2014, at a regional tourism conference in Kampala, President Museveni "confirmed Uganda has finalized plans to construct Kasese International Airport".[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kasese Airfield, Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda, 24 February 2014, accessed 15 November 2015
  2. ↑ Kasese Airport Information - Great Circle Mapper
  3. ↑ "Flight Distance Between Entebbe International Airport And Kasese Airport With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Uganda: Transportation". CIA World Factbook. Airports: 47 (2013)
  5. ↑ "Profile of Kasese Airport". Civil Aviation Authority (Uganda). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Airports In Uganda". Aircraft Charter World. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Thembo Kahungu Misairi (4 February 2012). "Kasese Demands International Airport". Daily Monitor Mobile (Kampala). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Jeanne, Dear (19 September 2013). "Civil Aviation Authority To Construct Four New Airports". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Nanyonjo, Aidah (22 July 2011). "CAA Kasese Airfield Tender Award Cleared". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Onyango, Emma (14 August 2012). "Uganda: CAA To Build Two New Airports". East African Business Week (Kampala) via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  11. ↑ Wilson Asiimwe, and Billy Rwothungeyo (17 July 2013). "US$57 Million Earmarked for Construction of Kasese Airport". New Vision (Kampala). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Tentena, Paul (15 November 2014). "Museveni Graces Tourism Meeting". East African Business Week (Kampala). Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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