Mweya Airport

Mweya Airport
Mweya Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: HUMW;
Summary
Airport type	Civilian
Owner	Queen Elizabeth National Park
Serves	Mweya, Uganda
Location	Mweya, Uganda
Elevation AMSL	3,200 ft / 980 m
Coordinates	00°11′39″S 029°53′38″E / 0.19417°S 29.89389°E
Runways
	Source: Google Maps

Mweya Airport ( ICAO: HUMW) is a small civilian airport in Uganda. It is one of the 46 airports in the country.^[2]

Location

Mweya Airport is located in Mweya, Kasese District, in western Uganda, approximately 283 kilometres (176 mi), by air, west of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.^[3]

Overview

Mweya Airport serves the area of Mweya and the neighboring areas of Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Lake Katwe Explosion Crater.^[4]^[5] As of January 2010, the airport was not under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.^[6] Mweya Airport receives daily flights from Murchison Falls National Park, Entebbe International Airport and Kajjansi Airfield, which are frequently used by tourists to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park.^[7]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolink Uganda	Entebbe^[8]

External links

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Homepage

References

^ Google Maps - Mweya
^ "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. Airports: 46 (2010)
^ Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Mweya with Map
^ "Lake Kwatwe Uganda Safaris". Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
^ Mweya Airport Not Under Uganda CAA Administration Archived 2010-02-16 at archive.today
^ "Flight Schedule to Queen Elizabeth National Park". Savannah Wings. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
^ Aerolink Uganda (2019). "Aerolink Uganda Destinations". Entebbe: Aerolink Uganda. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

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[gm-1] Google Maps - Mweya

[2] "Uganda". CIA World Factbook. Airports: 46 (2010)

[3] Nautical Distance Between Entebbe and Mweya with Map

[4] "Lake Kwatwe Uganda Safaris". Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda. 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2018-08-29.

[5] "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-29.

[6] Mweya Airport Not Under Uganda CAA Administration Archived 2010-02-16 at archive.today

[7] "Flight Schedule to Queen Elizabeth National Park". Savannah Wings. Retrieved 2022-06-01.

[6R-8] Aerolink Uganda (2019). "Aerolink Uganda Destinations". Entebbe: Aerolink Uganda. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

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v t e Kasese District
Capital: Kasese
Towns and villages	Bugoye Bwera Hima Kasenyi Kasese Kikorongo Kilembe Mpondwe Mubuku Mweya Nkenda
Economy	Barclays Bank of Uganda Centenary Bank Equity Bank Uganda Limited Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited PostBank Uganda Pride Microfinance Limited Hima Cement Limited Hotel Margarita Kilembe Mines Kilembe Cobalt Company Limited
Transport	Kasese Airport Kasenyi Airport Mweya Airport Fort Portal–Kasese–Mpondwe Road Kikorongo–Ishaka Road
Energy	Bugoye Power Station Lubilia Hydroelectric Power Station Mubuku I Power Station Mubuku II Power Station Mubuku III Power Station Nkusi Hydroelectric Power Station Nyamwamba Hydroelectric Power Station Nyamagasani 1 Hydroelectric Power Station Nyamagasani 2 Hydroelectric Power Station Rwimi Hydroelectric Power Station Nkenda–Fort Portal–Hoima High Voltage Power Line Nkenda–Mpondwe–Beni High Voltage Power Line Mbarara–Nkenda High Voltage Power Line
Notable landmarks	Rwenzori Mountains Rwenzori National Park Queen Elizabeth National Park Lake Edward Lake George Kazinga Channel Kasese Central Market Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasese
Health	Bwera General Hospital Kagando Hospital Kilembe Mines Hospital
Notable people	James Kazini Crispus Kiyonga Wilson Mbadi Charles Mumbere Diaz Kambere Winnie Kiiza Joy Doreen Biira

Location

Overview

Airlines and destinations

External links

See also

References