RUA

Arua Airport

ICAO HUAR3.0492°N 30.9117°E1,204 m / 3,951 ftMedium airport
On the map

Arua Airport (IATA: RUA, ICAO: HUAR) is a medium airport in Arua, Northern Region, Uganda. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 1,707 m (5,600 ft) long, dirt.

Timeline

1 event · 1959–1959
1959
OpenedArua Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
18/36
LENGTH1,707 m5,600 ftWIDTH—SURFACEDirt

Routes

3 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsEagle Air 2MAF Uganda 1BAR Aviation Uganda 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RUA. From the Wikipedia article “Arua Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,707 m5,600 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,203of 29,823 · #567 Africa · #6 UGElevation1,204 m3,951 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#3,606of 43,341 · #801 Africa · #9 UGAgeOpened 19592026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,466of 15,079 · =59 Africa · =2 UGRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =2 UG
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record