Kajjansi Airfield

{{Infobox airport

| name = Kajjansi Airfield

| nativename =

| image = Kajjansi Airfield sign.jpg

| IATA = KJJ

| ICAO = HUKJ

| pushpin_map = Uganda

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Kajjansi Airfield in Uganda

| pushpin_label = HUKJ

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| type = Private & civilian

| owner = Aviation Communication and Logistics Services

| operator = Mission Aviation Fellowship

| location = Kajjansi, Uganda

| elevation-f =

| elevation-m = 1141

| coordinates = {{coord|00|12|01|N|32|33|00|E| region:UG_type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 14/32

| r1-length-m = 1150

| r1-length-f =

| r1-surface = Unpaved

| footnotes =

}}

Kajjansi Airfield {{airport codes|KJJ|HUKJ}} is an airfield serving Kajjansi, a town in the Central Region of Uganda.{{cite web|url=https://ourairports.com/airports/HUKJ/ |date=20 December 2014 |publisher=Ourairports.com |title=Profile of Kajjansi Airfield |author=Our Airport |access-date=1 June 2020}}

Location

The airfield is approximately {{convert|29|km|0}} north-east of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest airport,{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala-Entebbe+Airport,+14+Kitaasa+Rd,+Entebbe/Kajjansi+Airfield,+Route+aeroport/@0.1773012,32.439375,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d86cd37ba81af:0x9daba139d6433d1f!2m2!1d32.4417945!2d0.0435913!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d9744c027674d:0x8a459138e8c7726e!2m2!1d32.55!2d0.2!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Entebbe Airport and Kajjansi Airfield in Uganda |access-date=1 June 2020}} and {{convert|17|km|0}} south of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps|title=Distance Between Kampala Central Business District and Kajjansi Airfield |access-date=1 June 2020 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala+Central+Division,+Kampala/Kajjansi+Airfield,+Route+aeroport/@0.26444,32.521499,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc76bde94e75:0x42da82610205b97a!2m2!1d32.5856675!2d0.3250394!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d9744c027674d:0x8a459138e8c7726e!2m2!1d32.55!2d0.2!3e0}} The geographical location of the airfield are:0°12'01.0"N, 32°33'00.0"E (Latitude:0.200278; Longitude:32.550000).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B012'01.0%22N+32%C2%B033'00.0%22E/@0.1997666,32.5501305,165m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.2002778!4d32.55 |title=Location of Kajjansi Airfield |access-date=1 June 2020}} Kajjansi Airfield sits at an elevation of {{convert|1141|m|0}} above mean sea level. Kajjansi is located in the southern portion of the Kampala conurbation. The airport has one unpaved runway 14/32, which is {{convert|1150|m|0}} long.{{cite web|publisher=Businessairnews.com |date=1 June 2020 | url=https://www.businessairnews.com/hb_airportpage.html?recnum=6720 |title=Kajjansi Airfield: Length of Runway | author=Business Air News |access-date=1 June 2020}} The runway is east of the Kampala–Entebbe Road, bordering marshland near the shore of Lake Victoria.

File:Kajjansi Airfield aircraft.jpg

Ownership

The airfield is owned by Aviation Communication and Logistics Services (ACLS), and operated by Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) an international Christian humanitarian relief and development organisation. In the mid-2010s, the Christian engineering charity Engineering Ministries International (EMI) redeveloped the office building of the airfield. The new office building became the headquarters of both MAF Uganda and EMI East Africa.{{cite web| url=https://emiworld.org/ug |title=About EMI Uganda | publisher=Engineering Ministries International |date=1 June 2020 |author=EMI Uganda | location=Kajjansi |access-date=1 June 2020}}

Operations

Kajjansi Airfield is also the operations base for Kampala Aeroclub and Flight Training Centre (KAFTC). The company operates scheduled and charter tours to three of Uganda's national parks; Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi National Park.{{cite web|url=http://www.flyuganda.com/ |title=About Kampala Aeroclub and Flight Training Centre |publisher=Flyuganda.com |date=1 June 2020 |author=Fly Uganda |access-date=1 June 2020 | location=Kajjansi}}

The same company maintains an ICAO-recognized flight-training school that trains, tests and awards private pilots licenses. The school is sometimes referred to as Kajjansi Flying School.{{cite web|publisher=Schoolnetuganda.com |url=https://www.schoolnetuganda.com/tertiary-education/kajjansi-flying-school-kfs/ |title=About Kajjansi Flying School |date=1 June 2020 |author=Schoolnet Uganda |access-date=1 June 2020}}{{cite web|publisher=Findglocal.com | url=http://www.findglocal.com/UG/Kampala/110482935771016/Fly-Uganda---Kampala-Aeroclub |date=1 June 2020 |title=Details About Fly Uganda - Kampala Aero Club |author=Find Glocal |access-date=1 June 2020}} KAFTC also operates an aircraft maintenance facility at this airport, under the name of Kampala Aero Maintenance.

Other considerations

File:Kajjansi Airport, MAF Uganda - Flickr - Dave Proffer (3).jpg

Kajjansi Airfield is also the operations base for Pangea Aviation Academy, a flight instructions academy that focuses on training pilots destined for service with the Government of Uganda, including in the UPDF Air Force, the Uganda Police Air Wing, Uganda National Airlines Company and with General Aviation, in the country and the region.{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1499402/minister-azuba-calls-ugandans-join-aviation |title=Minister Azuba Calls On Ugandans To Join Aviation |access-date=1 June 2020 |date=29 April 2019 |author=Lawrence Mulondo |location=Kampala}}

References

External links

[http://www.maf-uganda.org/ Mission Aviation Fellowship (Uganda)]
[http://acrossafricachallenge.com/category/flying-in-africa/page/2/ Brief Description of Kajjansi Airfield]

Category:Airports in Uganda

Category:Wakiso District