Butare Airport is an airport in
Butare
Butare (), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida, is a city with a population of 62,823 (2022 census) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the seventh largest town in Rwanda by population.
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Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...
.
Location
Butare Airport , is located in the city of Butare, in
Huye District
Huye is one of the eight districts (''Akarere'') that make up Rwanda's Southern Province. It has a total surface area of 581.6 square Kilometers. It has thirteen sectors and 77 cells with a total of 508 umudugudus (villages) in total. The district ...
,
Southern Province. Its location lies approximately , by air, southwest of
Kigali International Airport
Kigali International Airport , formerly known as Kanombe International Airport, is the primary international airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. As of June 2024, there is an ongoing project to build another mega-airport in Bugesera ...
, the country's largest
civilian
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airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:2° 35' 42.00"S, 29° 44' 24.00"E (Latitude:-2.59500; Longitude:29.74000).
Overview
Butare Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the town of Butare. It is one of the eight (8) airports that are administered by the
Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority
The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA, , ) is the civil aviation authority of Rwanda. Its headquarters are at Kigali International Airport in Kigali. The authority was established as the Civil Aviation Authority by Law No. 21/2004 of 10/08/2004 ...
. Butare Airport is situated above sea level. The
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
has a single paved
runway
In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, ...
, which measures approximately in length.
See also
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Butare
Butare (), also known as Huye and formerly known as Astrida, is a city with a population of 62,823 (2022 census) in the Southern Province of Rwanda and the capital of Huye district. It is the seventh largest town in Rwanda by population.
Histo ...
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Civil Aviation Authority of Rwanda
The Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA, , ) is the civil aviation authority of Rwanda. Its headquarters are at Kigali International Airport in Kigali. The authority was established as the Civil Aviation Authority by Law No. 21/2004 of 10/08/200 ...
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Huye District
Huye is one of the eight districts (''Akarere'') that make up Rwanda's Southern Province. It has a total surface area of 581.6 square Kilometers. It has thirteen sectors and 77 cells with a total of 508 umudugudus (villages) in total. The district ...
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Southern Province, Rwanda
Southern Province (; ; ) is one of Rwanda's five provinces. It was created in early January 2006 as part of a government decentralization program that re-organized the country's local government structures.
Southern Province comprises the former ...
References
External links
Location of Butare Airport At Google MapsRwanda Civil Aviation Authority Homepage
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Airports in Rwanda