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Entebbe International Airport is the principal international airport
International airport

An international airport is an airport typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle international flights to and from other countries....
 of Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. It is located near the town of Entebbe
Entebbe

Entebbe is a city in Uganda with a population of approximately 90,500. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria near the capital city of Kampala....
, on the shores of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
, and about 35 km (21 miles) from the capital Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
. The main offices
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda

The Civil Aviation Authority was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication....
 are located at the airport.

The current passenger terminal building was constructed in the mid to late 1970's. The Old Entebbe airport is now used by Uganda's military forces and was the scene of a hostage rescue operation by Israeli Sayeret Matkal
Sayeret Matkal

Sayeret Matkal is the main special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force . Its main roles are counter-terrorism, deep reconnaissance and military intelligence, but the unit is first and foremost a field intelligence-gathering unit, used to obtain strategic intelligence behind enemy lines....
, dubbed Operation Entebbe
Operation Entebbe

Operation Entebbe, also known as the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt, was a Counterterrorism hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on the night of 3 July and early morning of 4 July 1976....
, in 1976, after an Arab-German hijacking of Air France
Air France

Air France , based in Paris, France, is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance....
 Flight 139 out of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
.

The scene of that particular rescue was "the old airport", which was recently demolished except for its control tower.






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Entebbe International Airport is the principal international airport
International airport

An international airport is an airport typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle international flights to and from other countries....
 of Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. It is located near the town of Entebbe
Entebbe

Entebbe is a city in Uganda with a population of approximately 90,500. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria near the capital city of Kampala....
, on the shores of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is one of the Great Lakes of Africa.Lake Victoria is 68,800 square kilometres in size, making it the continent's largest lake, the largest tropical lake in the world, and the second widest fresh water lake in the world in terms of surface area ....
, and about 35 km (21 miles) from the capital Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
. The main offices
Office

An office is generally a room or other area in which people employment, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty....
 of the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda

The Civil Aviation Authority was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication....
 are located at the airport.

The current passenger terminal building was constructed in the mid to late 1970's. The Old Entebbe airport is now used by Uganda's military forces and was the scene of a hostage rescue operation by Israeli Sayeret Matkal
Sayeret Matkal

Sayeret Matkal is the main special forces unit of the Israeli Defence Force . Its main roles are counter-terrorism, deep reconnaissance and military intelligence, but the unit is first and foremost a field intelligence-gathering unit, used to obtain strategic intelligence behind enemy lines....
, dubbed Operation Entebbe
Operation Entebbe

Operation Entebbe, also known as the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt, was a Counterterrorism hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on the night of 3 July and early morning of 4 July 1976....
, in 1976, after an Arab-German hijacking of Air France
Air France

Air France , based in Paris, France, is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance....
 Flight 139 out of Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
.

The scene of that particular rescue was "the old airport", which was recently demolished except for its control tower. In late 2007, a domestic terminal was constructed at the site of the old airport, leaving the "new airport" to handle International flights exclusively. Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport

Entebbe International Airport is the principal international airport of Uganda. It is located near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and about 35 km from the capital Kampala....
 served 720,000 International passengers in 2007. (+10.7% vs. 2006).

Entebbe Airport is a Cooperative Security Location
Cooperative Security Location

A Cooperative Security Location is a U.S. military term for facilities used for regional training in counterterrorism and interdiction of drug trafficking, and also to provide contingency access to the continent....
 of the United States military.

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    , Halifax
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    ,Canada)
  • Air Burundi
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     (Bujumbura)
  • Air Tanzania
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    Air Tanzania was the national airline of Tanzania, based in Dar es Salaam. Its main base was Julius Nyerere International Airport, Dar es Salaam.....
     (Dar es Salaam)
  • Air Uganda
    Air Uganda

    DescriptionAir Uganda is the designated national airline for Uganda. The company was formed in 2007 and began commercial flight operations on November 15, 2007....
     (Nairobi, Juba, Khartoum, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar)
  • Avient Aviation
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     (Châlons-en-Champagne)
  • British Airways
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     (London-Heathrow)
  • Brussels Airlines
    Brussels Airlines

    Brussels Airlines is the largest Belgian airline. It operates to over 50 destinations in 20 European countries as well as long-haul flights to East, Central and West Africa....
     (Brussels)
  • Eagle Air
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     (Arua, Gulu, Moyo, Kidepo, Kitgum, Pakuba, Juba, Yei, Bunia)
  • EgyptAir
    EgyptAir

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     (Cairo)
  • Emirates
    Emirates Airline

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     (Dubai) (Addis Ababa)
  • Ethiopian Airlines
    Ethiopian Airlines

    Ethiopian Airlines is an airline based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, operating scheduled international passenger and freight services to 85 destinations world-wide, as well as domestic services to 32 destinations and passenger and cargo charter flights....
     (Addis Ababa, Lilongwe)
  • Fly540
    Fly540

    Fly540 is a Low-cost carrier based in Nairobi, Kenya. It operates domestic passenger and freight services....
     (Nairobi)
  • Great Lakes Airways (Cargo) (Brussels, Dubai)
  • Kenya Airways
    Kenya Airways

    Kenya Airways is the flag carrier airline of Kenya, based in Nairobi. It started operations on 4 February 1977, and operates scheduled services throughout Africa and to Europe and the Indian subcontinent, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi....
     (Nairobi)
  • KLM (Amsterdam)
  • Martinair
    Martinair

    Martinair is an airline based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It operates passenger and cargo services to over 50 destinations worldwide. Services are largely on a scheduled basis, but charter services are also operated....
     (Amsterdam, all cargo operation)
  • Precision Air
    Precision Air

    Precision Air is an airline based in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania. It operates scheduled air services for tourists and business traffic between Dar Es Salaam and 10 airports in Tanzania, together with flights to neighboring Kenya and Uganda....
     (Mwanza, Kilimanjaro/Arusha)
  • Royal Daisy Airlines
    Royal Daisy Airlines

    Royal Daisy Airlines is a private Uganda airline, formed on 30th November 2005. Headquartered in Kampala, with its major operation base at Entebbe International Airport, Royal Daisy operates regular scheduled flights from Entebbe, Uganda to Juba, Sudan and Kisumu, Kenya....
     (Juba, Kisumu)
  • Rwandair Express
    Rwandair Express

    Rwandair Express is an airline based in Kigali, Rwanda. It is the national carrier operating services to southern and East Africa. Its main base is Kigali International Airport....
     (Kigali)
  • Skyjet Airlines
    Skyjet Airlines

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     (Juba, Khartoum)
  • South African Airways
    South African Airways

    South African Airways is South Africa's flag carrier and largest domestic and international airline company, with hubs in Cape Town and Johannesburg....
     (Johannesburg)
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    Sudan Airways

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     (Khartoum)
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