Gulu Airport
Gulu Airport
Gulu Airport (IATA: ULU, ICAO: HUGU) is a civilian and military airport in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is a designated entry and exit point in and out of the country.
Location
2.806°N, 32.272°E · 1.070 m s. n. m. (3.510 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 1
Common traffic (CTAF)
Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.
History
Dutch multinational company Fugro's airborne survey division was contracted by the government of Uganda to perform airborne geophysical mineral exploration surveys throughout Uganda between 2006 and 2009. To perform its duties in the Northern Region, the company based two aircraft out of Gulu with daily low-level (80 meters above ground level) flights up to the Sudanese border. In 2019 the South African company Xcalibur Airborne Geophysics, was hired to carry out similar exploration work over Northeastern Uganda.
During the course of the air campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79), Gulu Air Base hosted Ugandan and Libyan military aircraft.
During the 21 years of civil war between the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government, the Ugandan Air Force was actively based from Gulu. Since the LRA rebel activity ended, the Gulu military presence has been reduced to a sizeable ground force with no aircraft, based around the military hangars west of runway 35. The Air Force Base is used to train UPDF fighter pilots, as of 2019.
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Gulu Airport (ULU). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ULU
MLA
“Gulu Airport (ULU).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ULU. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
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BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Gulu Airport (ULU)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ULU},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ULU}},
urldate = {2026-10-24},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}Wikipedia
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