| Wau Airport | |
| Iata: | WUU |
| Icao: | HSWW |
| Type: | Public, Civilian |
| Owner: | Civil Aviation Authority of South Sudan |
| City-Served: | Wau, South Sudan |
| Location: | Wau, South Sudan |
| Metric-Elev: | y |
| Elevation-M: | 433 |
| Coordinates: | 7.725°N 27.98°W |
| Pushpin Map: | South Sudan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in South Sudan |
| Pushpin Label: | WUU |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 09/27 |
| R1-Length-M: | 2,500 |
| R1-Surface: | Paved |
Wau Airport is a civilian airport that serves the city of Wau and surrounding communities. Feeder Airlines has three return flights a week between Khartoum-Wau-Juba.[1] [2] [3] Southern Star Airlines used to provide service on Wednesdays and Sundays to Juba; however, this service has been suspended in 2011 when the airline ceased flying.[4]
Wau Airport is located in Wau County, Western Bahr el Ghazal, in the city of Wau. The airport is located to the northeast of the central business district of the city.
This location lies approximately 511km (318miles), by air, northwest of Juba International Airport, the largest airport in South Sudan.[5] The geographic coordinates of Wau Airport are: 7° 72' 58.12"N, 27° 97' 31.00"E (Latitude: 7.7250; Longitude: 27.9800). This airport sits at an elevation of 433m (1,421feet) above sea level. In December 2012, a new paved runway measuring 2500m (8,200feet) in length was opened.
Service to Juba, South Sudan was provided by Southern Star Airlines until the airline's failure in late 2011.