Juba International Airport JUB / HJJJ

South Sudan faced a severe security breakdown in 2026: SSPDF-vs-SPLA-IO clashes continue alongside intercommunal violence (e.g. at least 169 killed in a March 2026 attack on Abiemnom County, Unity State), which the UN Secretary-General has described as leaving the 2018 revitalized peace agreement "in shambles" and the country "on the edge of collapse into civil war." The US maintains a Level 4 (Do Not Travel) advisory for South Sudan, citing both the security situation and a regional Ebola outbreak risk (Bundibugyo strain spreading from DR Congo through Uganda, the deadliest DRC outbreak on record as of Aug 2026); Canada, Australia and others also advise against all travel. A South Sudan-specific FAA SFAR/NOTAM restriction could not be independently confirmed as of — the FAA's well-documented regional SFAR covers Sudan, not South Sudan — so verify current NOTAM status directly before planning ops. Juba remains the country's only significant international gateway and the logistics backbone for UN/NGO relief operations, but ground movement in the city is restricted (curfews, armored-vehicle travel for many diplomatic missions) and the airport can face short-notice disruption or closure — confirm operational status immediately before planning ops. Pax figure (~380,000, 2024) is an estimate per prior tasking; a separately cited CAA figure of ~2M national passengers for 2025 is a countrywide total, not airport-verified, and not used here. South Sudan's first general elections since independence are officially confirmed for 22 Dec 2026 (set by the National Elections Commission in Jun 2026), a further risk window for this record.