Pakuba Airfield (IATA: PAF, ICAO: HUPA) is an airfield serving Pakuba and Murchison Falls National Park in the Nwoya District of northern Uganda.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pakuba, Uganda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,365 ft / 721 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 02°20′00″N 031°30′00″E / 2.33333°N 31.50000°E | ||||||||||
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The airport is operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. It is one of the five upcountry airports that are authorized to handle cross-border air traffic from member countries of the East African Community, as part of efforts to promote tourism within eastern Africa.[3] Pakuba Airfield receives daily domestic flights from Entebbe International Airport and Kajjansi Airfield, which are primarily used by tourists to visit Murchison Falls National Park, and connect to Kidepo Valley National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park.[4]
Location
editPakuba Airfield is approximately 275 kilometres (171 mi) by air north-west of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.[5]
It is 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Bugungu Airstrip and 72 kilometres (45 mi) west of Chobe Safari Lodge Airport, which are also within Murchison Falls National Park.[6]
Cartographic misdesignation
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On a considerable number of cartographic materials (including Wikimapia, Google Maps, and others) Pakuba Airfield is incorrectly denoted as "Kabalega Falls Airport". "Kabalega Falls" is a now-disused designation for "Murchison Falls."[7]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aerolink Uganda | Entebbe[8] |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Pakuba Airfield, Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda, 24 February 2014, accessed 15 November 2015
- ^ "Pakuba, Uganda (IATA: PAF, ICAO: HUPA)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Aerodromes". Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Flight Schedule to Murchison Falls National Park". Retrieved 2022-06-01.
- ^ "Uganda CAA - Pakuba". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Uganda Wildlife travel". Archived from the original on 2015-04-14. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ Aerolink Uganda (2019). "Aerolink Uganda Destinations". Entebbe: Aerolink Uganda. Retrieved 17 July 2019.