Airport type Public, civilian Location Hoima District | Serves Hoima, Uganda | |
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Owner Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda | ||
Hoima Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: none) is a proposed airport in Uganda. It is part of the infrastructure to be built as Uganda prepares to develop its nascent petroleum industry.
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Location
Hoima Airport would be located in Hoima District in the Western Region of Uganda, near the Kaiso-Tonya oil fields and the Uganda Oil Refinery. The air distance between the general area where the proposed airport is going to be built and Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest civilian and military airport, is about 225 kilometres (140 mi).
Overview
Hoima airport would be a large international airport capable of handling large passenger and cargo aircraft, sufficient to carry the equipment and staff to develop the Uganda Oil Refinery and the oilfields. As of February 2016, feasibility studies and the impact assessment evaluation is ongoing.