Kidepo Airport is an airfield in
Northern Region,
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
. The airport is at
Lomej, approximately south of the headquarters of
Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park is a national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda. Kidepo is rugged savannah, dominated by the Mount Morungole and transected by the Kidepo and Narus rivers.
Location
Kidepo Valley National Park is loc ...
, and northeast of
Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately by road south-west of the central business distric ...
, the country's largest civilian and military airport.
Kidepo Airport is one of twelve upcountry airports that are administered by the
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters. It is administered by the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport.
Location
The authority's head of ...
, and one of the five upcountry airports that are authorized to handle cross-border air traffic from member countries of the
East African Community
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, in an effort to promote tourism in
Eastern Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
. The other airports with similar authorization are
Arua Airport
Arua Airport is a civilian airport serving the city of Arua in the Northern Region of Uganda. , it is one of the 47 airports in the country.
Location
The airport is from Uganda's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and about ...
,
Gulu Airport
Gulu Airport is a civilian and military airport in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is a designated entry and exit point in and out of the country.
Location
It is north-west of the central business district of Gulu, the largest metropolita ...
,
Kasese Airport
Kasese Airport is an airport in Uganda.
Location
The airport is located in the town of Kasese, Kasese District, in the Western Region of Uganda, at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains and close to the international border with the Democrat ...
, and
Kisoro Airport
Kisoro Airport is an airport serving the town of Kisoro in Uganda and nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. It is in extreme southwestern Uganda, north of the Rwanda border, and approximately by air southw ...
. Kidepo Airport receives daily flights from
Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately by road south-west of the central business distric ...
and
Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) is a national park in Uganda and managed by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority. It is in north-western Uganda, spreading inland from the shores of Lake Albert (Africa), Lake Albert, around the Victoria Nile, up to ...
, which are primarily used by tourists to visit Kidepo Valley National Park.
Facilities
The airport is situated at an elevation of
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
.
It has a single unpaved
runway
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which measures in length and in width,
although aeronautical charts give the runway length as .
Airlines and destinations
See also
*
Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park is a national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda. Kidepo is rugged savannah, dominated by the Mount Morungole and transected by the Kidepo and Narus rivers.
Location
Kidepo Valley National Park is loc ...
*
Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters. It is administered by the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport.
Location
The authority's head of ...
*
List of airports in 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 Rw ...
*
East African Community
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, ...
References
External links
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Homepage*
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Airports in Uganda
Kaabong District