Kajjansi Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private & civilian | ||||||||||
| Owner | Aviation Communication and Logistics Services | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mission Aviation Fellowship | ||||||||||
| Location | Kajjansi, Uganda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,743 ft / 1,141 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 00°12′01″N32°33′00″E / 0.20028°N 32.55000°E | ||||||||||
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  HUKJ Location of Kajjansi Airfield in Uganda | |||||||||||
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Kajjansi Airfield( IATA : KJJ, ICAO : HUKJ) is an airfield serving Kajjansi, a town in the Central Region of Uganda. [1]
The airfield is approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-east of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest airport, [2] and 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [3] The geographical location of the airfield are:0°12'01.0"N, 32°33'00.0"E (Latitude:0.200278; Longitude:32.550000). [4] Kajjansi Airfield sits at an elevation of 1,141 metres (3,743 ft) above mean sea level. [1] Kajjansi is located in the southern portion of the Kampala conurbation. The airport has one unpaved runway 14/32, which is 1,150 metres (3,773 ft) long. [5] The runway is east of the Kampala–Entebbe Road, bordering marshland near the shore of Lake Victoria. [4]
The airfield is owned by Aviation Communication and Logistics Services (ACLS), and operated by Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) an international Christian humanitarian relief and development organisation. In the mid-2010s, the Christian engineering charity Engineering Ministries International (EMI) redeveloped the office building of the airfield. The new office building became the headquarters of both MAF Uganda and EMI East Africa. [6]
Kajjansi Airfield is also the operations base for Kampala Aeroclub and Flight Training Centre (KAFTC). The company operates scheduled and charter tours to three of Uganda's national parks; Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi National Park. [7]
The same company maintains an ICAO-recognized flight-training school that trains, tests and awards private pilots licenses. The school is sometimes referred to as Kajjansi Flying School. [8] [9] KAFTC also operates an aircraft maintenance facility at this airport, under the name of Kampala Aero Maintenance. [8]
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