Kakira Airport

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Kakira Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate & civilian
Owner Madhvani Group
Serves Kakira, Uganda
Elevation  AMSL 3,960 ft / 1,207 m
Coordinates 00°29′56″N033°16′57″E / 0.49889°N 33.28250°E / 0.49889; 33.28250
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HUKK
Location of airport in Uganda
Runways
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01/191,2804,199Paved

Kakira Airport( ICAO : HUKK) is one of the 46 airports in Uganda. [1] It is a small private, civilian airport in Kakira, Jinja District, Eastern Region. 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).[ citation needed ] It is approximately 107 kilometres (66 mi), by air, east of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport. [2]

Contents

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

Facilities

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

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References

  1. "Uganda". CIA World Factbook . Airports: 46 (2010)
  2. "Distance between Entebbe Airport () and Kakira (Jinja) (Uganda)". distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. Kakira Airport Not Administered by the Uganda CAA Archived 2010-02-16 at archive.today
  4. "Aeronautical chart showing HUKK with elevation and runway length". SkyVector. Retrieved 14 August 2013.