EBB

Entebbe International Airport

ICAO HUEN0.0424°N 32.4435°E1,153 m / 3,782 ftLarge airport
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Entebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is a large airport in Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda. It opened in 1951. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,658 m (12,000 ft). It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. In 2019 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1951–1951
1951
OpenedEntebbe International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
InternationalDomesticTerminal 2
17/35171° / 351° · LIT
LENGTH3,658 m12,000 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30121° / 301°
LENGTH2,408 m7,900 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2019
936K
929K
1.0M
1.2M
1.3M
1.3M
1.3M
1.4M
1.4M
1.6M
1.9M
2.0M
080910111213141516171819

Routes

30 destinations · 21 countries
2,500 km5,000 km1,000 mi2,000 mi3,000 mi4,000 miBJM · Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · 511 km / 318 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 521 km / 324 miJUB · Juba International Airport · 545 km / 339 miJRO · Kilimanjaro International Airport · 643 km / 400 miZNZ · Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · 1,025 km / 637 miDAR · Julius Nyerere International Airport · 1,074 km / 667 miMGQ · Aden Adde International Airport · 1,447 km / 899 miLLW · Kamuzu International Airport · 1,545 km / 960 miLUN · Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · 1,765 km / 1,097 miFIH · Ndjili International Airport · 1,951 km / 1,212 miHRE · Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · 2,004 km / 1,245 miPZU · Port Sudan New International Airport · 2,219 km / 1,379 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 2,514 km / 1,562 miJNB · O.R. Tambo International Airport · 2,946 km / 1,831 miABV · Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · 2,961 km / 1,840 miLOS · Murtala Muhammed International Airport · 3,312 km / 2,058 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 3,345 km / 2,078 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 3,480 km / 2,162 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 3,732 km / 2,319 miSHJ · Sharjah International Airport · 3,748 km / 2,329 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 4,600 km / 2,858 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 4,890 km / 3,039 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 6,457 km / 4,012 miFKI · Bangoka International Airport · 792 km / 492 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 1,218 km / 757 miRUH · King Khalid International Airport · 3,166 km / 1,967 miAUH · Zayed International Airport · 3,616 km / 2,247 miDWC · Al Maktoum International Airport · 3,689 km / 2,292 miLGG · Liège Airport · 6,177 km / 3,838 miBRU · Brussels Airport · 6,239 km / 3,877 miLGWBOMISTSHJCAILOSRUHJNBJEDHREFIHLLWMGQADDDARFKIJROJUBBJMBRUDOHABVPZULUNNBOAUHLGGDWCZNZEBB
Year-round23
BJMBujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International AirportBurundi · Uganda Airlines511 km318 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Jambojet, RwandAir, Kenya Airways +1521 km324 miJUBJuba International AirportSouth Sudan · RwandAir, Badr Airlines545 km339 miJROKilimanjaro International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines643 km400 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Uganda Airlines1,025 km637 miDARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines1,074 km667 miMGQAden Adde International AirportSomalia · Uganda Airlines1,447 km899 miLLWKamuzu International AirportMalawi · Malawi Airlines1,545 km960 miLUNKenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia · Uganda Airlines1,765 km1,097 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Air Congo, Uganda Airlines1,951 km1,212 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · Uganda Airlines2,004 km1,245 miPZUPort Sudan New International AirportSudan · Tarco Aviation2,219 km1,379 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas2,514 km1,562 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Uganda Airlines2,946 km1,831 miABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria · Uganda Airlines2,961 km1,840 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Uganda Airlines3,312 km2,058 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir3,345 km2,078 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways3,480 km2,162 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Emirates, Uganda Airlines3,732 km2,319 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia3,748 km2,329 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines4,600 km2,858 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · Uganda Airlines4,890 km3,039 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Uganda Airlines6,457 km4,012 mi
Cargo11
NBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Qatar Airways521 km324 miJUBJuba International AirportSouth Sudan · United Nations Humanitarian Air Service545 km339 miFKIBangoka International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · United Nations Humanitarian Air Service792 km492 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines1,218 km757 miRUHKing Khalid International AirportSaudi Arabia · Flynas3,166 km1,967 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways3,480 km2,162 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways3,616 km2,247 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates SkyCargo3,689 km2,292 miSHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · EgyptAir Cargo3,748 km2,329 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Stabo Air6,177 km3,838 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Qatar Airways6,239 km3,877 mi
Most destinationsUganda Airlines 15Qatar Airways 3RwandAir 2Air Tanzania 2Flynas 2United Nations Humanitarian Air Service 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from EBB. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Entebbe International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.0M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#569of 3,974 · #26 AfricaLongest runway3,658 m12,000 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=336of 29,823 · #36 Africa · #1 UGElevation1,153 m3,782 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=3,895of 43,341 · =892 Africa · #16 UGAgeOpened 19512026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,751of 15,079 · =45 Africa · #1 UGRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · #1 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

Radio frequencies

3 channels
APPENTEBBE RADAR CONTROL126.600
TWRTWR118.100
EBBEBB AREA CONTROL128.500