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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. It is approximately , by air, east of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest airport. Jinja Airport is one of 13 upcountry airports that are administered by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority. Airlines and destinations Passenger Vine Air Flight Academy Jinja Airport hosts the Vine Air Flight Academy (VAFA), one of the licensed flight academies in Uganda. Developments In April 2024, the New Vision reported that Uganda Civil Aviation Authority had earmarked USh20 billion (US$5.3 million) to improve the tarmacking of the runway, of the taxiway, strengthening and tarmacking of the airport apron. Construction of a modern main entrance to the airport with a dual carriageway road are also included i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Aviation Authority Of Uganda
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters in the country. It is administered by the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport. Location The authority's head offices are at Entebbe International Airport, approximately south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the CAA headquarters are 0°02'23.0"N, 32°26'53.0"E (Latitude:0.039722; Longitude:32.448056). Overview The agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication. As of October 2016, it was under the Ministry of Works and Transport. The mandate of the UCAA is to coordinate and oversee Uganda's aviation industry, including licensing, regulation, air search and rescue, air traffic control, ownership of airports and aerodromes, and implementation of Ugandan and international aviation law. It also represents Uganda in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters in the country. It is administered by the Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda), Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport. Location The authority's head offices are at Entebbe International Airport, approximately south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the CAA headquarters are 0°02'23.0"N, 32°26'53.0"E (Latitude:0.039722; Longitude:32.448056). Overview The agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication. As of October 2016, it was under the Ministry of Works and Transport. The mandate of the UCAA is to coordinate and oversee Uganda's aviation industry, including licensing, regulation, search and rescue, air search and rescue, air traffic control, ownership of airports and aerodromes, and implementation of Ugandan and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Aviation Schools In Uganda
This is a list of aviation schools in Uganda # East African Civil Aviation Academy: Soroti: 1971 # Uganda Aviation School: Kampala: 2011 # Moriah Aviation Training Centre: Abayita Ababiri: 2015 # Pangea Aviation Academy: Kajjansi: 1997 # BAR Aviation Uganda: Kajjansi and Entebbe: 2008 # DAS Aviation School: Entebbe: 1996. See also *Uganda Civil Aviation Authority *List of airports in Uganda This is a list of airports in Uganda, sorted by location. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rw ... * List of airlines of Uganda * Transport in Uganda References External links How To Pursue A Career In AviationAs of 23 November 2009. {{Africa topic, List of aviation schools in Aviation schools Transport in Uganda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Uganda
This is a list of airports in Uganda, sorted by location. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda's capital and largest city is Kampala. __TOC__ Airports Names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines. These include Entebbe International Airport, plus three domestic airports where Kampala-based Eagle Air (Uganda), Eagle Air provides service: Arua Airport, Gulu Airport, and Moyo Airport. See also * Transport in Uganda * List of airports by ICAO code: H#HU - Uganda * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Africa#Uganda References Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Uganda- IATA and ICAO cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Works And Transport (Uganda)
The Ministry of Works and Transport is a Cabinet level government ministry of Uganda, that is mandated to plan, develop and maintain an economic, efficient and effective transport infrastructure, and transport services by road, rail, water, and air. The ministry is also mandated to manage public works including government structures and promote standards in the construction industry. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet Minister. The current Minister of Works and Transport is Katumba Wamala. Location The headquarters of the ministry are located at the corner of Jinja Road and Old Port Bell Road, in Kampala Central Division, in the Industrial Area of Kampala, the capital and largest city in the country. The coordinates of the ministry headquarters are:0°19'04.0"N, 32°35'48.0"E (Latitude:0.317779; Longitude:32.596681). Overview As of July, the ministry is involved, through and with its affiliated entities, in several major construction projects including the following: # Constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language daily newspaper. It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Government of Uganda. It is the flagship newspaper of the state-owned Vision Group, a multimedia conglomerate. Along with its privately-owned competitor, the ''Daily Monitor'', the ''New Vision'' is one of the two largest national newspapers in Uganda. History The ''New Vision'' traces its origins to the colonial era. Its institutional predecessor, the ''Uganda Argus'', was founded in 1955 as a British colonial government publication. Following Uganda's independence in 1962, the government of President Milton Obote retained the ''Uganda Argus'' as its official paper. After the 1971 coup, the government of Idi Amin renamed the paper the ''Voice of Uganda''. When Amin was overthrown in 1979, the succeeding government named it the ''Uganda Times''. When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in 1986, the publication was rebranded as the ''New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerolink Uganda
Aerolink Uganda is a privately owned airline in Uganda, licensed by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority with an air operator's certificate. It specializes in transporting tourists to Uganda's National Parks, saving their time and allowing them to see more. Location The headquarters of Aerolink Uganda are located inside Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian airport. The geographical coordinates of the airline's headquarters are: 0°02'40.0"N, 32°26'34.0"E (Latitude:0.044444; Longitude:32.442778). Overview Aerolink Uganda, whose owners are based in neighboring Kenya, was established in 2012. The airline flies tourists between Entebbe and Uganda's national parks. Daily scheduled flights are available to Kisoro Airport, Kihihi Airstrip, Kasese Airport, and Mweya Airport, all in the Western Region of Uganda. Flights are available three days a week, with minimum passenger numbers to airfields Murchison Falls National Park and Kidepo Valley National Park, both in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAR Aviation Uganda
BAR Aviation Uganda , is a Ugandan airline offering scheduled domestic flights, charter services, pilot training, air ambulance services, and aircraft maintenance services. Its main base is Entebbe International Airport. The company also maintains a second hub at Kajjansi Airport, in Wakiso District, off of the Kampala-Entebbe Road, in the Central Region of the country. Destinations According to its website, as of March 2022, BAR Aviation operates regular scheduled airline services to the following destinations: Fleet As of May 2024, the BAR Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft: History BAR Aviation was established in Uganda in 2008. It began with pilot training, air charter services and aircraft maintenance services. The airline began scheduled flight services in Uganda on 1 February 2022. BAR Aviation Uganda utilizes the ''AeroCRS Cloud Reservation System''. The airline expects to participate in the revival of the tourism sector, following devastation b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately by road south-west of the central business district of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The headquarters of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda have been relocated to a new block off the airport highway ( Entebbe–Kampala Expressway and Tunnel Road), but adjacent to the airport terminals. History The airport was opened by the British Colonial authorities. According to the website of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, due to the airport's location on Lake Victoria and the existing facilities, the colonial government decided that the most optimal location for aviation traffic was Entebbe. On 10 November 1951, the airport was formally reopened after its facilities had been extended. Runway 12/30 was now , in preparation for services by the de Havilland Comet. The new main termi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinja, Uganda
Jinja is a city in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda, located on the north shore of Lake Victoria. Location Jinja is in Jinja District, Busoga sub-region, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is approximately east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. It sits along the northern shores of Lake Victoria, near the source of the White Nile, at an average elevation of above sea level. History The city was founded in 1901 by British settlers. It was planned under colonial rule in 1948 by Ernst May, German architect and urban planner. May also designed the urban planning scheme for Kampala, creating what he called "neighbourhood units". Estates were built for the ruling elite in many parts outside the centre city. This led to the area's 'slum clearance' which displaced more than 1,000 residents in the 1950s. In 1954, the construction of the Owen Falls Dam submerged the Ripon Falls. Most of the "Flat Rocks" that gave the area its name disappeared unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimaka
Kimaka is a neighborhood in the city of Jinja, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location Kimaka is bordered by to the west by the Nile River, (from Nalubaale Power Station to Bujagali Power Station), to the south by the Kampala-Jinja Highway (from Nalubaale Power Station to the first roundabout as one enters Jinja from Kampala), to the east by Qaddafi Barracks and to the north by the area north of the Jinja Airport. This location is about from the central business district of Jinja. The coordinates of Kimaka are:0°27'01.0"N, 33°11'30.0"E (Latitude:0.450278; Longitude:33.191667). Overview Kimaka is divided into the Eastern Zone, east of the Jinja-Budondo Road, and the Western Zone, to the west of that road. The Eastern Zone is dominated by Jinja Airport and the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College. The Western Zone is primarily composed of middle class residential neighborhoods and, closer to the River Nile, by the three hydroelectric dams from south to north: Nalub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
