MAF Uganda
{{short description|Ugandan airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
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| airline = MAF Uganda
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| image = Kajjansi Airport, MAF Uganda - Flickr - Dave Proffer (3).jpg
| caption = MAF Uganda at Kajjansi Airfield
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| headquarters = Kajjansi Airfield
| parent = Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
| founded = {{start date and years ago|1987}}
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| bases = Kajjansi Airfield
| focus_cities = Kampala, Entebbe
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| fleet_size = 5
| destinations = Multiple
| website = [https://www.maf-uganda.org/ Homepage]
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MAF Uganda, whose complete name is Mission Aviation Fellowship Uganda, is a humanitarian airline in Uganda, licensed by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority with an air operator's certificate. The company is a Christian organization that provides aviation, communications, and learning technology services to Christian and humanitarian agencies, as well as isolated missionaries and indigenous villagers in the region of the African Great Lakes.{{cite web|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airlines/quick?phrase=Uganda |date=6 May 2019 |publisher=Ch-Aviation |author=Ch-Aviation |title=List of Airlines Registered in Uganda |access-date=6 May 2019 |location=Chur, Switzerland}}
Location
The headquarters of MAF Uganda are located at Gate 2, Kajjansi Airfield, in the town of Kajjansi, in Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda.{{cite web|url=https://www.maf-uganda.org/contact/ | title=MAF Uganda: Contacts |work=MAF Uganda |author=MAF Uganda |date=2019 |access-date=6 May 2019 |location=Kajjansi, Uganda}} The geographical coordinates of the airline's headquarters are: 0°11'45.0"N, 32°33'09.0"E (Latitude:0.195833; Longitude:32.552500).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B011'45.0%22N+32%C2%B033'09.0%22E/@0.1958387,32.5503167,426m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.1958333!4d32.5525 |title=Location of the headquarters of Mission Aviation Foundation Uganda (MAF Uganda) |access-date=6 May 2019}}
Overview
MAF Uganda is a subsidiary and member of the international Christian charity, Mission Aviation Fellowship, based in Ashford, United Kingdom, present in over 30 countries around the world and with more than 130 aircraft in service.{{cite web|url=https://www.maf-uganda.org/ |date=2019 | title=Welcome to MAF Uganda |publisher=MAF Uganda |access-date=6 May 2019 |author=MAF Uganda | location=Kajjansi}} In Uganda, MAF operates five aircraft from its base and office at Kajjansi Airfield, to destinations in the Northern Region of Uganda, the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.{{cite web| work=BBC.com | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-57722478 | title=Bristol couple helping Covid vaccine roll-out in Uganda | date=8 July 2021 |author=BBC News |access-date=15 August 2021 |
location=London, United Kingdom}}
Destinations
From its hub in Kajjansi, the company operates passenger charter services to destinations within Eastern Africa. Following is a partial list of destinations that MAF Uganda serves, as of May 2019.{{cite web| url=https://www.maf-uganda.org/ |title=MAF Uganda Airstrips| publisher=MAF Uganda |author=MAF Uganda |date=2019 |access-date=6 May 2019 |location=Kajjansi}}
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Uganda | Kajjansi | Kajjansi Airfield | {{Airline hub}} | align=center| |
Uganda | Arua | Arua Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Uganda | Kisoro | Kisoro Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Uganda | Soroti | Soroti Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Uganda | Entebbe | Entebbe International Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Beni | Beni Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bunia | Bunia Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Bukavu | Bukavu Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Goma | Goma Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kisangani | Bangoka International Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
South Sudan | Juba | Juba International Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
South Sudan | Maridi | Maridi Airport | align=center| — | align=center| |
South Sudan | Yambio | Yambio Airport | align=center|— | align=center| |
Fleet
As of May 2019, MAF Uganda maintained the following aircraft in service.{{cite web| title=Across-Africa Challenge: MAF Uganda |url=http://acrossafricachallenge.com/maf-uganda/ | date=23 February 2014 |access-date=6 May 2019 |work=Aeroplus Aviation Software BV |author=Across Africa Challenge}}
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|+ MAF Uganda !Aircraft !style="width:25px;"|In fleet !Order !Passengers !Notes |
Cessna 208 Caravan
|align=center|4 |align=center|0 |align=center|10 |align="center"| |
Cessna 206
|align=center|1 |align=center|0 |align=center|4 |align="center"| |
align="center"|Total
|align="center"|5 |align="center"|0 |align="center"| | |
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://www.maf-uganda.org/maf-uganda/ Website of MAF Uganda]
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{{Airlines of Uganda}}
Category:Airlines established in 1987
Category:1987 establishments in Uganda