Kakira Airport
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| IATA: none – ICAO: HUKK | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private & Civilian | ||||||||||
| Owner | Madhvani Group | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kakira, Uganda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,960 ft / 1,207 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||
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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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Kakira Airports with Map
- ↑ Kakira Airport Not Administered by the Uganda CAA
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Location of Kakira Airport At Google Maps
- Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Homepage
- Aeronautical chart for HUKK at SkyVector
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