Mweya Airport

Coordinates: 00°11′39″S 029°53′38″E / 0.19417°S 29.89389°E / -0.19417; 29.89389
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Mweya Airport
Summary
Airport typeCivilian
OwnerQueen Elizabeth National Park
ServesMweya, Uganda
LocationMweya, Uganda
Elevation AMSL3,200 ft / 980 m
Coordinates00°11′39″S 029°53′38″E / 0.19417°S 29.89389°E / -0.19417; 29.89389
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 4,120 1,255 Grass
Source: Google Maps[1]

Mweya Airport (ICAO: HUMW) is a small civilian airport in Uganda. It is one of the 46 airports in the country.[2]

Location[edit]

Mweya Airport is located in Mweya, Kasese District, in western Uganda, approximately 283 kilometres (176 mi), by air, west of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.[3]

Overview[edit]

Mweya Airport serves the area of Mweya and the neighboring areas of Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Lake Katwe Explosion Crater.[4][5] As of January 2010, the airport was not under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.[6] Mweya Airport receives daily flights from Murchison Falls National Park, Entebbe International Airport and Kajjansi Airfield, which are frequently used by tourists to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park.[7]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolink Uganda Entebbe[8]

External links[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Google Maps - Mweya
  2. ^ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. Airports: 46 (2010)
  3. ^ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Mweya with Map
  4. ^ "Lake Kwatwe Uganda Safaris". Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  5. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  6. ^ Mweya Airport Not Under Uganda CAA Administration Archived 2010-02-16 at archive.today
  7. ^ "Flight Schedule to Queen Elizabeth National Park". Savannah Wings. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
  8. ^ Aerolink Uganda (2019). "Aerolink Uganda Destinations". Entebbe: Aerolink Uganda. Retrieved 17 July 2019.