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Kasese Airport

Kasese, Uganda

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HUKS

Elevation

3146 ft

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The Essence of Kasese Airport

KSE

Location

Kasese · W · Uganda

Connectivity

1 routes · 1 destinations

Position

0.183°, 30.100° · 3146 ft elev.

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Gateway to Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Park.

Location

Kasese, Uganda

Kasese Airport (IATA: KSE, ICAO: HUKS) is a small domestic airport serving Kasese, a town in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. It provides air access to a region rich in natural attractions, including Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The airport operates at a limited capacity and primarily handles light aircraft and occasional charter flights. It plays a modest but important role in connecting western Uganda to the capital, Kampala, and supporting tourism in the region. Infrastructure at Kasese Airport is basic, reflecting the town's size and the relatively low volume of air traffic it receives. The facility is managed under Uganda's civil aviation framework and has historically seen intermittent scheduled service.

Terminals

The airport has a single, small terminal building with basic passenger handling facilities.

Getting to & from

Ground transport between Kasese Airport and the town centre is primarily via private taxis and boda-boda motorcycle taxis.

Airlines here

The airport has historically been served by small Ugandan domestic carriers, though scheduled service has been limited and intermittent.

Notable facts

›Located in western Uganda near Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains.
›Primarily serves charter and light aircraft traffic rather than regular scheduled services.
›Kasese is a key hub for tourism to the Rwenzori Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
›The airport is situated at an elevated altitude due to the mountainous terrain of the region.
›Limited commercial infrastructure reflects the small scale of aviation activity in the area.

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Airlines serving this airport

Benin Golf Air

Routes

KSE → EBBA8 · CNA

Aircraft operating here

CNA1 routes

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