Kigali International Airport
International airport in Rwanda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kigali International Airport (IATA: KGL, ICAO: HRYR), formerly known as Kanombe International Airport, is the primary international airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. Currently[when?], there is an ongoing project to build another mega-airport in Bugesera District, Eastern Province, which will be the biggest and the main air gateway for all destinations in the country, in addition to serving as a transit airport for Goma and Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[citation needed] There are 4 airlines based at Kigali Airport: RwandAir, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda; Akagera Aviation, a Rwandan heli-company;[2] Tempus Jet, an American airline providing charter flights;[3] and Nexus Aero, a Saudi VIP airline.[4]
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Airport type | Civil aviation airport | ||||||||||
Operator | Rwanda Airports Authority | ||||||||||
Serves | Kigali | ||||||||||
Location | Kigali, Rwanda | ||||||||||
Hub for | RwandAir | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 4,891 ft / 1,491 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 01°57′59″S 030°07′59″E | ||||||||||
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