Jinja Airport
Jinja Airport is a small civilian and military airport in Uganda. It serves the town of Jinja in Jinja District, Busoga, Eastern Region. It is adjacent to the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College of the Uganda People's Defence Force at Kimaka, a suburb of Jinja.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport serving in Uganda
- Also known as: “Aéroport”, “Airport”, “HUJI”, “JIN”, “Jinja”, “Jinja Airfield”, “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”, and “uwanja wa ndege”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station and Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jinja and Buwenda.
Buwenda
Village
Buwenda is a small village in Uganda located in the Bugiri district, close to the town of Jinja.
Jinja Airport
- Categories: airport and transport
- Location: Mpumudde/Kimaka Division, Jinja Municipality, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Ganda: “ekisaawe ky’ennyonyi eky’eJinja”
- Hungarian: “Jinjai repülőtér”
- Japanese: “ジンジャ空港”
- Korean: “진자 공항”
- Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Jinja”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Jinja”
- Persian: “فرودگاه جینجا”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Jinja”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Jinja”
- Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Jinja”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҷинҷо”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Jinja”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kimaka and Kimaka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Elim Pentacoastal Church and Acacia Community Church.
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Worth a closer look: Jinja and Mbale.
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