Passengers at Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport recorded 83,661 arriving and 94,722 departing passengers, a total of 178,383 international passengers in March 2025, an average of 5,754 passengers per day, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has said.
The March 2025 international passenger traffic was slightly higher than the total of 171,990 passengers recorded in the same period of March 2024 by 6,393 passengers.
However, the previous month of February 2025 recorded a total of 161,095 international passengers, which was lower than the 175,630 recorded in the same month of February 2024.
Vianney M. Luggya, the UCAA Spokesperson, says it has so far been a year of highs and lows, marked by varied passenger traffic patterns, with January 2025 recording 216,740 international passengers, the second highest traffic recorded in a single month in the history of the airport.
“The March 2025 growth is partly attributed to Uganda’s hosting of international conferences, tourism promotion, the coming on board of new air operators like Flynas, which commenced direct flights between Riyadh and Entebbe in January 2025 and Uganda Airlines’ sustained operations on new routes, among others,” Luggya says.
In relation to cargo, Entebbe International Airport recorded 1,965 metric tones of imports and 3,887 metric tones of exports, a total of 5,852 metric tones of cargo. Exports continue to record higher figures than imports, which increases foreign exchange earnings, among other economic benefits for the country.
