Bugesera Airport

Bugesera Airport (IATA: n/a, ICAO: n/a) will be located in southeastern Rwanda, in Bugesera District, near the town of Nyamata. This location is approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi), by air, south of Kigali International Airport, currently, the country’s largest civilian airport.

The approximate geographic coordinates of this airport are:02 degrees, 10 minutes, 30 seconds south and 30 degrees, 09 minutes, 00 seconds east (Latitude:-2.1750; Longitude:30.1500). The coordinates are approximate because the airport’s exact location does not yet show on most publicly available maps. Bugesera International Airport will be situated at an altitude of 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea level.

Bugesera International Airport will become Rwanda’s largest International Airport, serving commercial flights destined to and from the greater Kigali metropolitan area. When completed, it will become Rwanda’s third International Airport, and the country’s eighth (8th) airport overall. It will complement Kigali International Airport, which is now operating at maximum capacity.

The airport will initially have a single paved runway. During the second phase of construction, a second runway will be added. Construction is expected to start in 2011 and be completed in 2015. The estimated cost for Phase I is US$450 million, while Phase II is budgeted to cost US$250 million, for a total of US$700 million. It is anticipated that Phase I will be complete by 2014. The British accounting firm Pricewaterhousecoopers, has been retained to oversee the financing of the new airport.

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