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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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport serving in Butare, Rwanda
  • Also known as: “Aéroport”, “Airport”, “BTQ”, “Butare”, “HRYI”, “Huye Airstrip”, “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”, and “uwanja wa ndege”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Huye Stadium and Ethnographic Museum.

Stadium
Photo: Claude Nizeyimana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a multi-use in , .

Museum
Photo: Amakuru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , formerly the National Museum of Rwanda, is a national museum in .

Church
Photo: Rytc, CC BY 3.0.
The Our Lady of Wisdom or simply Cathedral of Butare…

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.

Town
is a town and sector in . 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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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”
  • German: “Flughafen Butare”
  • 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”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بوتاره”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Butare”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Butare”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Butare”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Бутаре”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи буторҳ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Butare”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ngoma and Matyazo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Théâtre Verdure and Police Clinic.

Rwanda: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Kigali and Butare.

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