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Kakira Airport (ICAO: HUKK) is one of the 46 airports in Uganda.[1] It is 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]

Kakira Airport
IATA: none ICAO: HUKK
Summary
Airport type	Private & civilian
Owner	Madhvani Group
Serves	Kakira, Uganda
Elevation AMSL	3,960 ft / 1,207 m
Coordinates	00°29′56″N 033°16′57″E
Map
HUKK Location of airport in Uganda
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 01/19 1,280 4,199 Paved

The airport is adjacent to the Kakira Sugar Factory and within the Kakira estate close to the main family residences on the Madhvani estate. It is a small private, civilian airport that 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]

See also

• List of airports in Uganda
• Transport in Uganda

References

External links

• Location of Kakira Airport At Google Maps
• Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Homepage
• Aeronautical chart and airport information for HUKK at SkyVector

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