Jinja Airport

Jinja Airport is a small civilian and military airport in . It serves the town of in , Busoga, . It is adjacent to the of the Uganda People's Defence Force at , a suburb of Jinja.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport serving in Uganda
  • Also known as: “HUJI”, “JIN”, “Jinja”, and “Jinja Airfield”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station and Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.

Dam
is a hydroelectric power station in , with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts.

Dam
Photo: Fredrick Onyango, CC BY 2.0.
Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the near its source at in . Nalubaale is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria.

Dam
The was a waterfall on the in near the city of Jinja. The falls, together with the nearby Ripon Falls, were submerged in 1954 with the completion of the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jinja and Buwenda.

Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a major city in eastern , about 81 kilometers east of on the northern shores of . Famous as the "Adventure Capital of East Africa," it is celebrated as the historic source of the Nile River.

Village
is a small village in located in the district, close to the town of .

Village
is a town in in the of . It is the seat of the Kingdom of Busoga, one of the four constitutional in Uganda, which is coterminous with the Busoga sub-region.

Jinja Airport

Latitude
0.45267° or 0° 27′ 10″ north
Longitude
33.19318° or 33° 11′ 35″ east
Elevation
1,175 metres (3,855 feet)
Operator
Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
IATA airport code
JIN
ICAO airport code
HUJI
Open location code
6GGMF53V+37
Open­Street­Map ID
way 386136295
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6297377
Wiki­data ID
Q2901878
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Jinja Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Jinja Airport”
  • French: “aéroport de Jinja”
  • French: “Aéroport de Jinja”
  • French: “Aéroport”
  • French: “Airport”
  • French: “HUJI”
  • Ganda: “ekisaawe ky’ennyonyi eky’eJinja”
  • Ganda: “JIN”
  • Ganda: “Jinja”
  • Hungarian: “Jinjai repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “HUJI”
  • Indonesian: “JIN”
  • Japanese: “ジンジャ空港”
  • Korean: “진자 공항”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Jinja”
  • Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Jinja”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه جینجا”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Jinja”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Jinja”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Jinja”
  • Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҷинҷо”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Jinja”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kimaka and Ambercourt.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Elim Pentacoastal Church and Acacia Community Church.

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