Juba International Airport

Compiled by Bill Gao

Juba, Central Equatoria State (South Sudan)

IATA: JUB ICAO: HJJJ

Longest Active Runway

10,171 ft

3,100 meters

Field Elevation

1,513 ft

461 m MSL

Runway Inventory

1 active

Lighted / Paved

Coordinates & Class

4.8720°, 31.6011°

LARGE AIRPORT

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Multi-Universe Rankings & Statistical Standing

How ranks work →

RunwayFacts Published Dataset

tied #512 of 650

In curated primary commercial index

Global Commercial Universe

#833 of 7558

Top 11.2% percentile worldwide

For airports with equal runway length, the worldwide order does not indicate a length difference.

National Standing (South Sudan)

#1 of 1 in SS

#1 of 3 in full national registry

vs Large Airport Median

+1.7%

Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 JUB in numbers: 10,171 ft longest runway · tied #512 of 650 published · #833 of 7,558 worldwide (top 11.2%) · #1 in South Sudan.

🔬 Operational & Aerodrome Engineering Comparative Analysis

Longest runway 8,000–10,499 ft

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Elevation & National Context

Lowland Aerodrome (<2,000 ft)

JUB lies at 461 m (1,513 ft), #151 of 650 published airports by elevation and 75.8 percentile among 7,558 worldwide.

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Regional Density & Alternates (100 NM)

0 Qualifying Aerodromes in Vicinity

No published neighbour with a paved runway of 5,000 ft or more within 100 NM of JUB. Nearest published airport: Entebbe International Airport (EBB), 294 NM, 12,000 ft (1,829 ft longer than JUB); none other within 250 NM.

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Runway Inventory & National Standing

Primary Runway: 10,171 ft (3,100 m)

JUB runway: 13/31 10,171 × 148 ft asphalt (asp). +1.7% vs the 10,000 ft baseline.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator	Length (ft / m)	Width (ft / m)	Surface Material	Lighting	Status
13/31	10,171 ft (3100 m / 3.100 km)	148 ft (45m)	`Asphalt (ASP)`	✅ Lighted	✅ Active

🛡️ Source: OurAirports Open Aviation Database, snapshot 2026-09-01 · Provenance →