Kirundo Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Burundi}} {{Infobox airport | name = Kirundo Airport | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width =  | caption = | image2 = | image2-width =  | caption2 = | IATA = KRE | ICAO = HBBO | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | type = | owner-oper = | owner = | operator = | city-served = Kirundo, Burundi | location = | hub = | built =  | used =  | commander =  | occupants =  | metric-elev = | elevation-f = 4619 | elevation-m = | coordinates = {{coord|2|32|40|S|30|05|40|E|type:airport_region:BI|display= inline,title}} | website = | image_map = | image_mapsize = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = Burundi | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = KRE | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Burundi | r1-number = 12/30 | r1-length-f = | r1-length-m = 1000 | r1-surface = Grass | metric-rwy = y | h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface =  | stat1-header = | stat1-data =  | stat-year = | footnotes = Source: GCM<ref name= "GCM">{{GCM|KRE|Kirundo Airport}}</ref> Google Maps<ref>{{cite web |title= Kirundo Airport |url= https://www.google.com/maps/@-2.5449053,30.0957902,1932m/data=!3m1!1e3 |website= Google Maps |publisher= Google |accessdate= 3 August 2018}}</ref> }} '''Kirundo Airport''' {{airport codes|KRE|HBBO}} is an airstrip serving the city of Kirundo, Burundi. The airstrip is {{convert|4|km}} north of Kirundo, on the north shore of Lake Rwihinda.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lake Rwihinda |url=http://fortuneofafrica.com/burundi/lake-rwihinda/ |website=Fortune of Africa |accessdate=3 August 2018}}</ref>

The Kigali VOR-DME (Ident: '''KNM''') is located {{convert|34.7|nmi|km|1}} north of Kirundo. The Kirundo non-directional beacon (Ident: '''DO''') is located {{convert|500|m}} east of the runway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/DO/Kirundo_NDB_BI/|title=Kirundo NDB (DO) @ OurAirports|website=ourairports.com|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ourairports.com/navaids/KNM/Kigali_VOR-DME_RW/|title=Kigali VOR-DME (KNM) @ OurAirports|website=ourairports.com|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref>

==See also== *{{portal-inline|Burundi}} *{{portal-inline|Aviation}} *Transport in Burundi *List of airports in Burundi

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==External links== *[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-2.5529/30.0948 OpenStreetMap - Kirundo] *[https://skyvector.com/airport/HBBO/Kirundo-Airport SkyVector - Kirundo Airport] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20241204054012/https://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=KRE Accident history for Kirundo Airport] at Aviation Safety Network

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