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Entebbe Kampala Airport
Airport Directory » Uganda » Entebbe » Entebbe Kampala AirportEntebbe International Airport (IATA: EBB, ICAO: HUEN) is the principal international airport of Uganda. It is turn up near the city of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and approximately 35 kilometre (21 land mile) from the capital, Kampala. The main business office of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda are turn up at the airport.
The current rider depot construction was build in the mid to late 1970's. The Old Entebbe airport is currently used by Uganda's armed forces impels and was the scene of a surety rescue functioning by Israeli Sayeret Matkal, nicknamed Operation Entebbe, in 1976, after an Arab-German commandeering of Air France Flight 139 out of Tel Aviv.
The scene of that particular deliver was "the old airport", which was late pulverised except for its control tower. In late 2007, a domestic depot was build at the location of the old airport, going forth the "new airport" to deal International voyages solely. Entebbe International Airport assisted 720,000 International riders in 2007. (+10.7% vs. 2006).
Entebbe Airport is a Cooperative Security Location of the United States armed forces. Entebbe airport uses the jetway system.
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