# Mbarara Airport (MBQ / HUMA)

**Mbarara Airport** (IATA: MBQ, ICAO: HUMA) is a small airport in Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda. It has one runway, 1,660 m (5,446 ft) long, gravel.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MBQ / HUMA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda
- Elevation: 1,402 m / 4,600 ft
- Coordinates: -0.5553, 30.5994
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,660 m / 5,446 ft
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Kampala
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbarara_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652825
- Weather station: HUMA · WMO 63702
- Ident: HUMA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,660 m / 5,446 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Gravel | 104° / 284° |  |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 216 km / 134 mi · BAR Aviation Uganda
- [JIN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huji.md) Jinja Airport · Uganda · 309 km / 192 mi · BAR Aviation Uganda
- [PAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hupa.md) Pakuba Airport · Uganda · 336 km / 209 mi · BAR Aviation Uganda

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- HE [BAR Aviation Uganda](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bar-aviation-uganda) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,660 m / 5,446 ft | =5,554 of 29,858 | =580 in Africa | #7 in UG |
| Elevation | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | =2,550 of 43,403 | =463 in Africa | #4 in UG |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in UG |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0067](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0067.md) Ibanda Airport · 58 km / 36 mi
- [HUMW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/humw.md) Mweya Airport · 88 km / 55 mi
- [TZ-0144](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0144.md) Milambi Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [KSE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huks.md) Kasese Airport · 99 km / 62 mi
- [KHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0002.md) Savannah Airstrip · 102 km / 63 mi
- [UG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0003.md) Mutukula Airport · 102 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: “Mbarara Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mbarara_Airport&oldid=1365159566), 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/huma/data