Entebbe International Airport
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| Entebbe International Airport | |||
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| IATA: EBB - ICAO: HUEN | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military (Public) | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda | ||
| Serves | Entebbe | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,782 ft (1,153 m) | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 12,001 | 3,658 | Asphalt |
| 12/30 | 7,900 | 2,408 | Asphalt |
Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the main international airport of Uganda. It is located near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and about 35 km (21 miles) from the capital Kampala.
The airport buildings are small, particularly when compared to the sprawling mass of Nairobi, but are pleasant.
Entebbe was the site of a seaplane base in the late 1930s, built by the British in order to facilitate long-range flights from Great Britain to South Africa and other points. Runways were added in 1947, and a terminal building was ceremonially opened by then-Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) in 1952.
The airport was the scene of an international hostage rescue operation, dubbed Operation Entebbe, in 1976. The scene of that particular rescue was "the old airport", which still exists — right next to "the new airport".
In 2004, the airport served 543,593 passengers (+10% vs. '03).
[edit] Airlines serving Entebbe
- Air Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Brussels Airlines (Brussels, Nairobi)
- Eagle Air (Dar Es Salaam)
- East African Airlines (Kisangani, Kinshasa)
- EgyptAir (Cairo)
- Emirates (Dubai, Nairobi)
- Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Lilongwe)
- Kenya Airways (Nairobi)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Rwandair Express (Kigali)
- Royal Daisy Airlines (Juba)
- South African Airways (Johannesburg)
- Sudan Airways (Khartoum)
- Precision Air (Mwanza, Kilimanjaro/Arusha)
- Victoria International Airways (Nairobi, Juba, Johannesburgh)
