# Entebbe International Airport (EBB / HUEN)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EBB / HUEN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
- Serves: Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda
- Opened: 1951
- Elevation: 1,153 m / 3,782 ft
- Coordinates: 0.0424, 32.4435
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,658 m / 12,000 ft
- Passengers: 2,008,230 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Kampala
- Website: https://caa.go.ug/entebbe-international-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entebbe_International_Airport (41 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586065
- Weather station: HUEN · WMO 63705
- Ident: HUEN

## Timeline

- 1951: Entebbe International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,658 m / 12,000 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | yes |
| 12/30 | 2,408 m / 7,900 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 121° / 301° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 936,184 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 929,052 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,023,437 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,167,002 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,342,134 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,343,963 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,332,499 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,390,000 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 1,420,000 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 1,650,000 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 1,871,423 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,008,230 | Wikidata |

## Routes

30 destinations in 21 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (23)

- [BJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbba.md) Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · Burundi · 511 km / 318 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 521 km / 324 mi · Jambojet, RwandAir, Kenya Airways, Uganda Airlines
- [JUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hjjj.md) Juba International Airport · South Sudan · 545 km / 339 mi · RwandAir, Badr Airlines
- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · Tanzania · 643 km / 400 mi · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 1,025 km / 637 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 1,074 km / 667 mi · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines
- [MGQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hcmm.md) Aden Adde International Airport · Somalia · 1,447 km / 899 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 1,545 km / 960 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 1,765 km / 1,097 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,951 km / 1,212 mi · Air Congo, Uganda Airlines
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 2,004 km / 1,245 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [PZU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hspn.md) Port Sudan New International Airport · Sudan · 2,219 km / 1,379 mi · Tarco Aviation
- [JED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oejn.md) King Abdulaziz International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 2,514 km / 1,562 mi · Flynas
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 2,946 km / 1,831 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [ABV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnaa.md) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport · Nigeria · 2,961 km / 1,840 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 3,312 km / 2,058 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 3,345 km / 2,078 mi · EgyptAir
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,480 km / 2,162 mi · Qatar Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,732 km / 2,319 mi · flydubai, Emirates, Uganda Airlines
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,748 km / 2,329 mi · Air Arabia
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 4,600 km / 2,858 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,890 km / 3,039 mi · Uganda Airlines
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 6,457 km / 4,012 mi · Uganda Airlines

### Cargo (11)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 521 km / 324 mi · Qatar Airways
- [JUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hjjj.md) Juba International Airport · South Sudan · 545 km / 339 mi · United Nations Humanitarian Air Service
- [FKI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzic.md) Bangoka International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 792 km / 492 mi · United Nations Humanitarian Air Service
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,218 km / 757 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [RUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/oerk.md) King Khalid International Airport · Saudi Arabia · 3,166 km / 1,967 mi · Flynas
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,480 km / 2,162 mi · Qatar Airways
- [AUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omaa.md) Zayed International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,616 km / 2,247 mi · Etihad Airways
- [DWC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdw.md) Al Maktoum International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,689 km / 2,292 mi · Emirates SkyCargo
- [SHJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omsj.md) Sharjah International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,748 km / 2,329 mi · EgyptAir Cargo
- [LGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eblg.md) Liège Airport · Belgium · 6,177 km / 3,838 mi · Stabo Air
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 6,239 km / 3,877 mi · Qatar Airways

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (4)

- HE [BAR Aviation Uganda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bar-aviation-uganda)
- H7 [Eagle Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/eagle-air)
- 6D [Royal Daisy Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/royal-daisy-airlines)
- UCC [Uganda Air Cargo Corporation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-air-cargo-corporation)

### Passenger (16)

- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 15
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 3
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 2
- XY [Flynas](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynas) · 2
- WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 2
- G9 [Air Arabia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-arabia) · 1
- 4H [Air Congo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-congo) · 1
- J4 [Badr Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/badr-airlines) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- JM [Jambojet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jambojet) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- 3W [Malawi Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malawi-airlines) · 1
- 3T [Tarco Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tarco-aviation) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1

### Cargo (6)

- [United Nations Humanitarian Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-nations-humanitarian-air-service) · 2
- MS [EgyptAir Cargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair-cargo) · 1
- EK [Emirates SkyCargo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates-skycargo) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- EY [Etihad Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/etihad-airways) · 1
- [Stabo Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/stabo-air) · 1

Former hub of [Alliance Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alliance-air-afj), [East African Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/east-african-airlines), [East African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/east-african-airways).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.0M (2019) | #569 of 3,974 | #26 in Africa |  |
| Longest runway | 3,658 m / 12,000 ft | =336 of 29,858 | #36 in Africa | #1 in UG |
| Elevation | 1,153 m / 3,782 ft | =3,899 of 43,403 | =892 in Africa | #16 in UG |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =45 in Africa | #1 in UG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | #1 in UG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | ENTEBBE RADAR CONTROL | 126.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |
| EBB | EBB AREA CONTROL | 128.500 |

## Nearby airports

- [KJJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hukj.md) Kajjansi Airfield · 21 km / 13 mi
- [UG-0015](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0015.md) Bulago Airport · 26 km / 16 mi
- [UG-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0014.md) Bukasa Airport · 51 km / 31 mi
- [JIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huji.md) Jinja Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [HUKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hukk.md) Kakira Airport · 106 km / 66 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: “Entebbe International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Entebbe_International_Airport&oldid=1376814929), revision of 26 Sep 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/huen/data