Kigali International Airport
| Dem name after | Kigali  |
|---|---|
| Country | Rwanda |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | Kigali Province |
| Coordinate location | 1°57′59″S 30°7′59″E |
| Date of official opening | 1928 |
| Place served by transport hub | Kigali, Kigali |
| Dema official website | https://www.aeroport-kigali.com/en/index_en.php |
| State of use | in use |
| Runway | 10/28 |
| IATA airport code | KGL |
| ICAO airport code | HRYR |
Kigali International Airport (IATA: KGL, ICAO: HRYR), formerly dem know am as Kanombe International Airport, be de primary airport wey dey serve Kigali, de capital of Rwanda. Currently, der be project wey dey go on make dem build anoda mega-airport for Bugesera District, Eastern Province insyd, wey go be de biggest den de main air gateway give all destinations for de country insyd, wey go add make e serve as transit airport give Goma den Bukavu for de eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Four airlines wey dey base for Kigali insyd: RwandAir, de flag carrier airline of Rwanda; Akagera Aviation, Rwandan heli-company;[1] Tempus Jet, American airline wey dey provide charter flights;[2] den Nexus Aero, Saudi VIP airline.[3]
Location
[edit | edit source]De airport dey locate for de suburb of Kanombe Sector insyd, for de eastern edge of Kigali, approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), by road, east of de central business district for de city of Kigali.[4]
Airlines den destinations
[edit | edit source]Passenger
[edit | edit source]| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Auric Air | Entebbe, Grumeti, Mwanza, Seronera |
| Brussels Airlines | Brussels |
| Coastal Aviation | Mwanza |
| Egyptair | Cairo |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| RwandAir | Abuja, Accra, Bangui, Brazzaville, Brussels, Bujumbura, Cape Town, Cotonou, Cyangugu, Dar es Salaam, Doha,[5] Douala, Dubai–International, Entebbe, Harare, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Libreville, London–Heathrow, Lusaka, Mombasa, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Paris–Charles de Gaulle[6] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
Cargo
[edit | edit source]| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Astral Aviation | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[7] |
| Ethiopian Airlines Cargo | Addis Ababa,[8] |
| Kenya Airways Cargo | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
| Magma Aviation | Liege, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta |
| Qatar Airways Cargo | Doha, Liège, Entebbe, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta[9] |
| Qatar Airways Cargo Operate by ULS Cargo[10] | Kano, Johannesburg–O.R. Tambo, Lagos, |
| RwandAir Cargo[11] | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Sharjah |
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "About Akagera". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ↑ "Tempus Jets international operations". Tempusjets.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013.
- ↑ "Our headquarters are based in Saudi Arabia with a back-up Flight Operations Centre located in Bahrain as well as a new Africa base in Rwanda". Nexus.aero. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ↑ "Road Distance Between Kigali And Kanombe With Map". Distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- ↑ "Hamad International Airport welcomes RwandAir's direct flights from Kigali to Doha". Hamad International Airport. 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ↑ "Rwandair Schedules late-June 2023 Paris Launch". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ↑ "EX – NAIROBI SCHEDULE". Astral Aviation. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Schedule". Ethiopianairlines.com. 29 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
- ↑ "Martinair Services Kigali From Amsterdam" (PDF). Cargo.martinair.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ↑ "Bolloré Logistics participates in new airfreight service to Africa with Qatar Airways Cargo".
- ↑ "RwandAir expands its fleet with a dedicated freighter".
External links
[edit | edit source]Media wey relate to Kigali International Airport at Wikimedia Commons