Entebbe International Airport has recorded the highest number of passengers, Eagle Online can reliably report. The revelation was made by Vianney Mpungu Luggya, the Manager of Public Affairs at the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.
The airport facilitated a total of 212,701 international passengers in August 2024, an average of 6,861 passengers per day, the highest figure recorded in the history of the airport in a single month. Of these, 108,055 were departing, while 104,646 were arriving passengers.
“The second highest figure recorded at Entebbe International Airport in a single month was a total of 198,961, an average of 6,418 per day, in December 2023, while the third highest was in January 2024, a total of 196,211 international passengers (99,216 arriving and 96,995 departing), an average of 6,329 per day,” he said.
July 2024 traffic ranks fourth highest in a single month as the airport recorded 100,767 arriving and 95,142 departing passengers, a total of 195,909, an average of 6,319 per day.
He said passenger traffic handled in August 2023 ranks fifth highest in a single month at a total of 191,507 international passengers, an average of 6,177 per day.
Luggya said in relation to cargo, Entebbe handled 3,525 metric tonnes of exports and 1,885 metric tonnes of imports, for a total of 5,410 metric tonnes in August 2024.
