# Butare Airport (BTQ / HRYI)

**Butare Airport** (IATA: BTQ, ICAO: HRYI) is a small airport in Butare, Southern Province, Rwanda. It opened in 1928. It has one runway, 1,219 m (4,000 ft) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BTQ / HRYI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Butare, Southern Province, Rwanda
- Opened: 1928
- Elevation: 1,768 m / 5,801 ft
- Coordinates: -2.5958, 29.7367
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,219 m / 4,000 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Kigali
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butare_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3813525
- Ident: HRYI

## Timeline

- 1928: Butare Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,219 m / 4,000 ft | 15 m / 50 ft | Asphalt | 070° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,219 m / 4,000 ft | =9,646 of 29,858 | =785 in Africa | =3 in RW |
| Elevation | 1,768 m / 5,801 ft | #1,193 of 43,403 | #148 in Africa | #2 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [BI-0002](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bi-0002.md) Mwumba Airport · 33 km / 21 mi
- [KRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbbo.md) Kirundo Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [HRYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryn.md) Nemba Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [RW-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rw-0001.md) Gako Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · 83 km / 51 mi
- [KME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hrza.md) Kamembe Airport · 93 km / 58 mi

## Sources

- [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/hryi/data