An investigation into the design of an expandable air cargo terminal
Abstract
In 1994, under Uganda Air Cargo Corporation Act the Uganda Air Cargo Corporation
(UACC) it’s to establish, provide, develop, and operate safe, efficient, adequate, and
economically proper Air Transport Services in Uganda having its main base at Entebbe
International Airport in Kampala District having 14 destinations in East Africa, Central
Africa, and Southern Africa. UACC operates scheduled and charter services for both
passengers and Cargo.
AIR TRANSPORT services in Uganda started with the flying boats that landed at Port Bell,
Luzira on the shores of Lake Victoria, to deliver mail. This was an extension of Wilson
Airways which itself started air operations in neighboring Kenya in 1929. In 1946, the East
African Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) was formed, followed by the construction of the
country’s international airport at Entebbe in 1947. The Airport was commissioned by
Princess Elizabeth of England in 1952. Following the East African Community collapsed in
1977, Civil aviation services were under a DCA and several government departments,
leading to segmentation. The need to harmonize and efficiently run the services led to the
establishment of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in 1991. (CAABrochure-2, n.d)
Uganda has several airfields: Soroti Airfield, Tororo Airfield, Kasese Airfield,
Mbarara Airfield, Kisoro Airfield, Mbarara Airfield, Kisoro Airfield, Kidepo Airfield, Gulu
Airfield, Arua Airfield, Jinja Airfield, Pakuba Airfield, Masindi Airfield.
Uganda mostly exports agricultural products (80 percent of total exports). The most
important exports are coffee (22 percent of total exports) followed by tea, cotton, copper, oil,
and fish. Uganda’s main export partners are Sudan (15 percent), Kenya (10 percent), DR
Congo, Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, and UAE (Trading Economics, November
forecast,2022).