Gulu Airport
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| Airport type | Public and military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Uganda Civil Aviation Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gulu, Uganda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 3,510 ft / 1,070 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 2°48′20″N 32°16′18″E / 2.80556°N 32.27167°ECoordinates: 2°48′20″N 32°16′18″E / 2.80556°N 32.27167°E | ||||||||||
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Gulu Airport (IATA: ULU, ICAO: HUGU) is a civilian and military airport in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north-west of the central business district of Gulu, the largest metropolitan area in the Northern Region. The airport is approximately 303 kilometres (188 mi) north of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian and military airport.
The airport serves the city of Gulu, with an estimated population of 154,300 in 2011. It is one of the twelve upcountry airports under the administration of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA). It is also one of the five upcountry airports authorized to handle cross-border air traffic between Uganda and neighboring countries, in an effort to promote tourism within eastern Africa.
Eagle Air has regular flights from Entebbe International Airport on Mondays and Thursdays. Charter flights between Gulu and Moyo Airport, Arua Airport, and Pakuba Airport are also occasionally flown.
Dutch multinational company Fugro's airborne survey division was contracted by the government of Uganda to perform airborne geophysical mineral exploration surveys throughout Uganda between 2006 and 2009. To perform its duties in the Northern Region, the company based two aircraft out of Gulu with daily low level (80 meters above ground level) flights up to the Sudanese border.
During the 21 years of civil war between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government, the Ugandan Air Force actively based from Gulu. Since the LRA rebel activity ended, the Gulu military presence has been reduced to a sizeable ground force with no aircraft, based around the military hangars west of runway 35.
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