# Gisenyi Airport (GYI / HRYG)

**Gisenyi Airport** (IATA: GYI, ICAO: HRYG) is a medium airport in Gisenyi, Western Province, Rwanda. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 1,015 m (3,330 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GYI / HRYG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gisenyi, Western Province, Rwanda
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 1,549 m / 5,082 ft
- Coordinates: -1.6772, 29.2589
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,015 m / 3,330 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Kigali
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisenyi_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275540
- Weather station: HRYG · WMO 64381
- Ident: HRYG

## Timeline

- 1928: Gisenyi Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,015 m / 3,330 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt | 010° / 190° |  |

- 01/19 slopes 1.5%: threshold 01 at 1,534 m / 5,032 ft, threshold 19 at 1,549 m / 5,081 ft.

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,015 m / 3,330 ft | =13,383 of 29,858 | #864 in Africa | #5 in RW |
| Elevation | 1,549 m / 5,082 ft | =1,921 of 43,403 | #315 in Africa | #4 in RW |
| Age | Opened 1928 | =323 of 15,079 | =7 in Africa | =1 in RW |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =1 in RW |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | GOMA APP | 118.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [GOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzna.md) Goma International Airport · 2.6 km / 1.6 mi
- [BKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzma.md) Bukavu Kavumu Airport · 86 km / 54 mi
- [KME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hrza.md) Kamembe Airport · 96 km / 59 mi
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [KHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0002.md) Savannah Airstrip · 118 km / 73 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryg/data