Nemba Airport is an airport in
Rwanda.
Location
Nemba Airport is located in Rwanda's
Eastern Province, in
Bugesera District
Bugesera is a district (''akarere'') in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata.
The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.
Geography
Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, ...
, in the town of
Nemba, at the International border with
Republic of Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Grea ...
. This location lies approximately , by air, southeast of
Kigali International Airport
Kigali International Airport , formerly known as Kanombe International Airport, is the primary airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Currently, there is an ongoing project to build another mega-airport in Bugesera District, Eastern Pro ...
, currently, the country's largest civilian airport.
The geographic coordinates of this airport are 2° 19' 48.00"S, 30° 12' 0.00"E (Latitude:-2.33000; Longitude:30.20000). Nemba Airport is situated at an elevation of about above sea level. The airport has a single unpaved runway that measures approximately in length.
Overview
Nemba Airport is a small rural airport that serves the town of
Nemba and neighbouring communities. It is one of the eight public civilian airports under the administration of the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority.
External links
Website of Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority
See also
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Nemba
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Bugesera District
Bugesera is a district (''akarere'') in Eastern Province, Rwanda. Its capital is Nyamata.
The district is the location of two memorial sites of the Rwandan genocide at Ntarama and Nyamata.
Geography
Bugesera comprises areas south of Kigali, ...
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Eastern Province, Rwanda
Eastern Province ( rw, Intara y'Iburasirazuba; french: Province de l'Est; nl, Oostelijke Provincie) is the largest, the most populous and the least densely populated of Rwanda's five provinces. It was created in early January 2006 as part of ...
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Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority
The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA, rw, Ikigo cy'Igihugu gishinzwe iby'indege za gisiviri, french: Office Rwandais de l'Aviation Civile) is the civil aviation authority of Rwanda. Its headquarters are at Kigali International Airport in Kig ...
References
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Bugesera District
Eastern Province, Rwanda
Airports in Rwanda