ULU

Gulu Airport

ICAO HUGU2.8056°N 32.2718°E1,070 m / 3,510 ftMedium airport
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Gulu Airport (IATA: ULU, ICAO: HUGU) is a medium airport in Gulu, Northern Region, Uganda. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 3,144 m (10,314 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda.

Timeline

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

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17/35160° / 340°
LENGTH3,144 m10,314 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
100 km200 km300 km50 mi100 mi150 mi200 miEBB · Entebbe International Airport · 308 km / 191 miEBBULU

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,144 m10,314 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#909of 29,823 · #143 Africa · #2 UGElevation1,070 m3,510 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=4,326of 43,341 · =1,024 Africa · #22 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

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFADVISORY118.200
ATC123.700