# Kasese Airport (KSE / HUKS)

**Kasese Airport** (IATA: KSE, ICAO: HUKS) is a small airport in Kasese, Western Region, Uganda. It opened in 1959. It has one runway, 1,570 m (5,151 ft) long.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KSE / HUKS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kasese, Western Region, Uganda
- Opened: 1959
- Elevation: 959 m / 3,146 ft
- Coordinates: 0.1830, 30.1000
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,570 m / 5,151 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Kampala
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasese_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6374123
- Weather station: HUKS · WMO 63674
- Ident: HUKS

## Timeline

- 1959: Kasese Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,570 m / 5,151 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 261 km / 162 mi · Aerolink Uganda

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Aerolink Uganda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aerolink-uganda) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,570 m / 5,151 ft | =6,054 of 29,858 | =617 in Africa | #8 in UG |
| Elevation | 959 m / 3,146 ft | =5,120 of 43,403 | =1,231 in Africa | #25 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

- [HUMW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/humw.md) Mweya Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [HUBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hubu.md) Bundibugyo Airport · 55 km / 34 mi
- [HUFP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hufp.md) Fort Portal Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [CD-0018](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cd-0018.md) Ishango Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [FZNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cd-0001.md) Wageni Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [BNC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fznp.md) Beni Airport · 82 km / 51 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: “Kasese Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kasese_Airport&oldid=1365159976), revision of 20 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/huks/data