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Pakuba Airport
  • IATA: PAF
  • ICAO: HUPA
    PAF is located in Uganda
    PAF
    PAF
    Location of Pakuba Airport in Uganda
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCivil Aviation Authority of Uganda
ServesPakuba, Uganda
Coordinates02°12′09″N 031°33′16″E / 2.20250°N 31.55444°E / 2.20250; 31.55444 (Pakuba Airport)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
1,685 5,528

Pakuba Airport (IATA: PAF, ICAO: HUPA) is an airport serving Pakuba,[1] in Nwoya District in northern Uganda. Pakuba Airport has one runway measuring 1,685 metres (5,528 ft) in length.[1] It is a small civilian airport that serves Murchison Falls National Park.

The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. It is one of the five upcountry airports that are authorized to handle cross-border air traffic from member countries of the East African Community, as part of efforts to promote tourism within Eastern Africa.[2]

Location

Pakuba Airport is approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi), by air, north-west of Entebbe International Airport, the country’s largest civilian and military airport. This location is approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Bugungu Airstrip.

Cartographical Misrepresentation

It should be noted that on a considerable number of cartographical material (including Wikimapia, Google Maps, and others) Pakuba Airport is falsely denoted as "Kabalega Falls Airport". There are, in fact, two distinct airfields within the boundaries of Murchison Falls National Park. On the Northern bank of the River Nile there is Pakuba Airport. The second, located approximately 15km to the south-east on the southern banks, is called Bugungu Airstrip. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Pakuba, Uganda (IATA: PAF, ICAO: HUPA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Aerodromes". Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. Retrieved 8 March 2010. [dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.ugandawildlife.org/explore-our-parks/parks-by-name-a-z/murchison-falls-national-park/plan-your-trip/getting-here
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