Tororo Airport

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Tororo Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Serves Tororo
Elevation  AMSL 3,900 ft / 1,189 m
Coordinates 0°40′53″N34°10′04″E / 0.68139°N 34.16778°E / 0.68139; 34.16778
Map
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TRY
Location of the airport in Uganda
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
18/361,4004,593Murram

Tororo Airport( IATA : TRY, ICAO : HUTO) is an airport serving the town of Tororo in the Eastern Region of Uganda.

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Location

The airport is about 3 kilometres (2 mi) by road south of the town centre. [1] This is about 249 kilometres (155 mi), by road, and 205 kilometres (127 mi), by air, north-east of Entebbe International Airport, the largest airport in Uganda. [2] The coordinates of this airport are 00°40'53.0"N, 34°10'04.0"E (Latitude:0.681389; Longitude:34.167778). [3]

Overview

The airport is at an average elevation of 3,900 feet (1,200 m) and has a single murram-surfaced runway (18/36), measuring 4,593 feet (1,400 m) long and 98 feet (30 m) wide. [4]

As of June 2015, the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda had plans to develop this facility into a regional airport. [5]

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References

  1. Globefeed.com (18 August 2016). "Distance between Municipal Gardens, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda and Tororo Airfield, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. Globefeed.com (18 August 2016). "Distance between Entebbe International Airport, Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda and Tororo Airfield, Tororo, Eastern Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. "Location of Tororo Airport, Tororo, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. GCM (18 August 2016). "TRY - Tororo Airport Data". Great Circle Mapper (GCM). Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. Tentena, Paul (28 June 2015). "Uganda eyes Chinese loan for airport". East African Business Week . Kampala. Retrieved 19 August 2016.