Ishasha River Camp Airport

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Ishasha River Camp Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesIshasha River Camp, Queen Elizabeth National Park
Elevation  AMSL 3,140 ft / 957 m
Coordinates 00°36′50″S29°39′55″E / 0.61389°S 29.66528°E / -0.61389; 29.66528 Coordinates: 00°36′50″S29°39′55″E / 0.61389°S 29.66528°E / -0.61389; 29.66528
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Ishasha
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Sources: Google Maps [1] OpenStreetMap [2]

Ishasha River Camp Airport is an airport serving the Ishasha River Camp [3] [4] and the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.

The Kisoro non-directional beacon (Ident: KS) is located 39.9 nautical miles (73.9 km) south of the airport. [5]

Ishasha River Camp is on the Ugandan side of the Ishasha River (which is locally the Uganda-Democratic Republic of the Congo border) and is a base camp for tourist safaris into the Ishasha section of the park. Several trails and roads fan out from the camp into the park. [4]

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References

  1. Google Maps - Ishasha River Camp Airport
  2. OpenStreetMap - Ishasha River Camp Airport
  3. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  4. 1 2 Queen Elizabeth National Park,(1961) Lower left corner of map
  5. "Kisoro NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 29 August 2018.