# Arua Airport (RUA / HUAR)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RUA / HUAR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Arua, Northern Region, Uganda
- Opened: 1959
- Elevation: 1,204 m / 3,951 ft
- Coordinates: 3.0492, 30.9117
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,707 m / 5,600 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Kampala
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arua_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902777
- Weather station: HUAR · WMO 63602
- Ident: HUAR

## Timeline

- 1959: Arua Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,707 m / 5,600 ft |  | Dirt |  |  |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [HSYE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hsye.md) Yei Airport · South Sudan · 122 km / 76 mi · Eagle Air
- [KJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hukj.md) Kajjansi Airfield · Uganda · 366 km / 227 mi · MAF Uganda
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 375 km / 233 mi · BAR Aviation Uganda, Eagle Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RUA, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- H7 [Eagle Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eagle-air) · 2
- HE [BAR Aviation Uganda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bar-aviation-uganda) · 1
- [MAF Uganda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/maf-uganda) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,707 m / 5,600 ft | =5,204 of 29,858 | #567 in Africa | #6 in UG |
| Elevation | 1,204 m / 3,951 ft | #3,610 of 43,403 | #801 in Africa | #9 in UG |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =59 in Africa | =2 in UG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in UG |

## Nearby airports

- [CD-0017](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cd-0017.md) Aru Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [UG-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0005.md) Koboko Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [FZJR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzjr.md) Kere Kere Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [FZKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzkc.md) Mahagi Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [HUAJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huaj.md) Adjumani Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [PAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hupa.md) Pakuba Airport · 103 km / 64 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Arua Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arua_Airport&oldid=1363014320), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/huar/data