Mweya Airport

Coordinates: 0°11′39″S 29°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
Coordinates0°11′39″S 29°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

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

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]

External links

See also

References

  1. ^ Google Maps - Mweya
  2. ^ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. Airports: 46 (2010)
  3. ^ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Mweya with Map
  4. ^ Lake Katwe Explosion Crater
  5. ^ Google Maps - Lake Katwe
  6. ^ Mweya Airport Not Under Uganda CAA Administration
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