Airport · South Sudan
Wau Airport
A medium airport with scheduled flights, serving Wau.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to South Sudan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
- Codes
- WUU · HSWW
- Serves
- Wau
- 3.2 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Africa/Juba
- Elevation
- 466 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,500 m
- From DXB
- 3,500 km
- 4 hrs 50 mins · Estimate
Facts
WUU at a glance
From OurAirports (public domain), with the time zone of the place it serves.
- Codes
- IATA WUUICAO HSWW
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Wau
- To the city centre
- 3.2 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 466 m (1,529 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 2,500 m
- Time zone
- Africa/Juba
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Wau, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
WUU from the UAE
From DXBWUU
3,500 km
4 hrs 50 mins · Estimate
From AUHWUU
3,390 km
4 hrs 45 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Facts
Practical facts
The currency, plugs and emergency numbers of South Sudan, where the airport is, and its clock right now.
- Local time
- Africa/Juba
- Country
- South Sudan
- Currency
- South Sudanese Pound SSPToday's indicative rate: SSP 1,000 ≈ USD 0.173Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Not recorded in Wikidata
- Emergency numbers
- 911general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +211 · On the right
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to South Sudan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)