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A Handley Page H.P.42 of Imperial Airways at Entebbe, 1936. The airport was opened by the British Colonial authorities. According to the website of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, due to the airport's location on Lake Victoria and the existing facilities, the colonial government decided that the most optimal location for aviation traffic was Entebbe.
Menzies Aviation Uganda (MAU), formerly National Aviation Services Uganda (NASU) and formerly Entebbe Handling Services (ENHAS), is an airport ground handling service company based in Uganda. It is the largest ground handling company at Entebbe International Airport ( IATA : EBB , ICAO : HUEN ), Uganda's largest civilian and military airport ...
The authority's head offices are at Entebbe International Airport, approximately 49 kilometres (30 mi) south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. [5] The coordinates of the CAA headquarters are 0°02'23.0"N, 32°26'53.0"E (Latitude:0.039722; Longitude:32.448056). [6]
Map of Uganda. This is a list of airports in Uganda, sorted by location.. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania.
The commander of the operation, General Yekutiel Adam, was on board the second Boeing, which circled over Entebbe Airport during the raid. [52] The Israeli forces landed at Entebbe on 3 July at 23:00 IST, with their cargo bay doors already open. Because the proper layout of the airport was not known, the first plane almost taxied into a ditch. [48]
Uganda currently has one functioning international airport, Entebbe International Airport, which is located 25 miles (40 km) south-west of Kampala. In 2017, the airport traffic was 1.53 million passengers, 8% more than the previous year. [163] A second international airport, Hoima International Airport, is currently under construction. [164]
The closest airport is Entebbe, which is near to the capital Kampala, and roughly 130 kilometres from Wildwaters. Traffic-dependent, the drive from Entebbe airport to the hotel is around three ...
That same year, South Sudan banned Eagle Air from operations to the airport in Yei, alleging violations of the country's aviation regulations. [ 4 ] In 2008, the airline temporarily suspended operations due to a fuel shortage in Uganda, that arose out of the political violence in Kenya, following the 2007 presidential elections.