Kisoro Airport
Kisoro Airport is an airport serving the town of Kisoro in Uganda and nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. It is in extreme southwestern Uganda, 6 kilometres north of the Rwanda border, and approximately 343 kilometres by air southwest of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civilian and military airport.- Type: Airport
- Description: airport serving Kisoro in Uganda
- Also known as: “Aéroport”, “Airport”, “HUKI”, “Kisoro”, “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ”, and “uwanja wa ndege”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mutolere Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mutolere and Kisoro.
Mutolere
Village
Mutolere is a neighborhood in Kisoro Municipality, Kisoro District, in the Western Region of Uganda.
Kisoro Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transport
- Location: Chahi, Bufumbira, Kisoro District, Western Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-1.28344° or 1° 17′ 0″ south
Longitude
29.71846° or 29° 43′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,989 metres (6,526 feet)
IATA airport code
KXO
ICAO airport code
HUKI
Open location code
6GCFPP89+J9
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In Other Languages
From French to Vietnamese—“Kisoro Airport” goes by many names.
- French: “aéroport de Kisoro”
- French: “Aéroport de Kisoro”
- Ganda: “ekisaawe ky’ennyonyi eky’eKisoro”
- Japanese: “キソロ空港”
- Lingala: “Libándá lya Ndáko ya mpɛ́pɔ ya Kisoro”
- Persian: “فرودگاه کیسورو”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Kisoro”
- Swahili: “uwanja wa ndege wa Kisoro”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи кисуру”
- Vietnamese: “Sân bay Kisoro”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kabuga and Chahi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: St. Francis Hospital Mutolere and Mutolere Primary School.
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Worth a closer look: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Rwenzori Mountains National Park.
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