Entebbe International Airport. Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the principal international airport of Uganda. It is near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and approximately 40.5 kilometers (25 mi) by road south-west of the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the airport are 00°02'41"N, 032°26'35"E (Latitude: 0.044721; 32.443055). The headquarters of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda have been relocated to a new block off the airport highway, but adjacent to the airport terminals.
Entebbe International Airport Entebbe Terminal.jpg IATA: EBB ICAO: HUEN
Summary Airport typePublic / Military Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda Serves Entebbe, Kampala, Mukono Location Entebbe, Uganda Hub for Eagle Air Elevation AMSL 3,782 ft / 1,153 m Coordinates00°02′41″N 032°26′35″E Website entebbe-airport.com.
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EBB is located in Uganda EBBEBB Location of airport in Uganda Runways Direction Length Surface m ft 17/35 3,65812,000 Asphalt 12/30 2,4087,900Asphalt Statistics (2014/15) Passengers Increase 1,510,000 Aircraft movements Decrease 26,886 Cargo (tonnes) Decrease 52,841 Source: DAFIF, [1] [2] UCAA [3] History
On 10 November 1951, the airport was formally reopened after its facilities had been extended. Runway 12/30 was now 3,300 yards (3,000 m), in preparation for services by the de Havilland Comet. On 7 February 1952, Queen Elizabeth II took her flight back to London via El Adem, Libya after being proclaimed queen after the death of King George VI. The Old Entebbe airport is now used by Uganda's military forces. It was the scene of a hostage rescue operation by Israeli Sayeret Matkal, dubbed Operation Entebbe, in 1976 after an Arab-German hijacking of Air France Flight 139 following a stopover in Athens, Greece en route to Paris from Tel Aviv. The scene of that rescue was the old terminal, which has been demolished except for its control tower and airport hall. According to a 2006 published report, plans were made to construct a domestic passenger terminal at the site Wikimedia Commons has media related to Entebbe International Airport. Website of The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Overview of Uganda's Aviation Sector 2011 – 2016 Overview of Uganda's Aviation Sector In 2013 Aeronautical chart for HUEN at Sky Vector Current weather for HUEN at NOAA/NWS Accident history for EBB at Aviation Safety Network Entebbe airport shuttle.
Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the principal international airport of Uganda. It is near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and approximately 40.5 kilometers (25 mi) by road south-west of the central business district of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the airport are 00°02'41"N, 032°26'35"E (Latitude: 0.044721; 32.443055). The headquarters of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda have been relocated to a new block off the airport highway, but adjacent to the airport terminals.
Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe Terminal.jpg
IATA: EBB ICAO: HUEN
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Serves Entebbe, Kampala, Mukono
Location Entebbe, Uganda
Hub for
Eagle Air
Elevation AMSL 3,782 ft / 1,153 m
Coordinates00°02′41″N 032°26′35″E
Website entebbe-airport.com.
Map
Location of airport in Uganda
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17/35 3,65812,000 Asphalt
12/30 2,4087,900Asphalt
Statistics (2014/15)
Passengers Increase 1,510,000
Aircraft movements Decrease 26,886
Cargo (tonnes) Decrease 52,841
Source: DAFIF, [1] [2] UCAA [3]
History
On 10 November 1951, the airport was formally reopened after its facilities had been extended. Runway 12/30 was now 3,300 yards (3,000 m), in preparation for services by the de Havilland Comet.
On 7 February 1952, Queen Elizabeth II took her flight back to London via El Adem, Libya after being proclaimed queen after the death of King George VI.
The Old Entebbe airport is now used by Uganda's military forces. It was the scene of a hostage rescue operation by Israeli Sayeret Matkal, dubbed Operation Entebbe, in 1976 after an Arab-German hijacking of Air France Flight 139 following a stopover in Athens, Greece en route to Paris from Tel Aviv. The scene of that rescue was the old terminal, which has been demolished except for its control tower and airport hall. According to a 2006 published report, plans were made to construct a domestic passenger terminal at the site
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Entebbe International Airport.
Website of The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
Overview of Uganda's Aviation Sector 2011 – 2016
Overview of Uganda's Aviation Sector In 2013
Aeronautical chart for HUEN at Sky Vector
Current weather for HUEN at NOAA/NWS
Accident history for EBB at Aviation Safety Network
Entebbe airport shuttle.
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