Huye District
Ngoma
Butare

Butare Airport

Butare Airport is an airport in , . It is also known as Huye Airstrip. Butare Airport has an elevation of 1,777 metres.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport serving in Butare, Rwanda
  • Also known as: “BTQ”, “Butare”, and “Huye Airstrip”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Huye Stadium and Ethnographic Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Claude Nizeyimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a multi-use in , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Mukura Victory Sports FC. The stadium holds 10,000 people.

Museum
Photo: Amakuru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , formerly the National Museum of Rwanda, is a national museum in . It is located in . It is owned by Institute of National Museums of Rwanda.

Church
Photo: Rytc, CC BY 3.0.
The Our Lady of Wisdom or simply Cathedral of Butare, is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church and is located in the town of , in the southern part of the African country of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butare and Save.

Photo: Pierre Galinier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Huye, is the third largest city of , located in the south. is the capital of district. It is said to have about 50,000 inhabitants.

Town
is a small town and sector in . It is located a few miles north of the town of , and in the west of the of . is situated 8 km north of Butare Airport.

Butare Airport

Latitude
-2.5955° or 2° 35′ 44″ south
Longitude
29.73537° or 29° 44′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,777 metres (5,830 feet)
IATA airport code
BTQ
ICAO airport code
HRYI
Open location code
6G9FCP3P+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 655709156
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
385989
Wiki­data ID
Q3813525
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Satellite Map

Discover Butare Airport from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Butare Airport” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Butare”
  • Chinese: “布塔雷機場”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Butare”
  • French: “Aérodrome de Butare”
  • French: “aéroport de Butare”
  • French: “Aéroport de Butare”
  • French: “Aéroport”
  • French: “Airport”
  • French: “HRYI”
  • German: “Flughafen Butare”
  • Indonesian: “BTQ”
  • Indonesian: “HRYI”
  • Italian: “aeroporto di Butare”
  • Japanese: “ブタレ空港”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ikibuga cy’indege cya Butare”
  • Korean: “부타레 공항”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Butare”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بوتاره”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Butare”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Butare”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Butare”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Бутаре”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи буторҳ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Butare”

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Notable Places Nearby

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