Julius Nyerere International Airport

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Julius Nyerere International Airport

Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa
wa Julius Nyerere (Swahili)
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Airside view of Terminal II
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Tanzania Airports Authority
Location Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
OpenedOctober 1954 (1954-10) [1]
Hub for
Time zone EAT (UTC+03:00)
Elevation  AMSL 55 m / 180 ft
Coordinates 06°52′41″S39°12′10″E / 6.87806°S 39.20278°E / -6.87806; 39.20278
Website www.jnia.taa.go.tz
Map
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DAR
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Julius Nyerere International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/233,0009,843 Asphalt
14/321,0003,281Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers2,289,000 [2]
Land area1,700 ha (4,200 acres) [3]
Source: TAA [4]

Julius Nyerere International Airport( IATA : DAR, ICAO : HTDA) is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It is named after Julius Nyerere, the nation's first president. [5]

Contents

History

The reinforced concrete roofs at Terminal II are designed to resemble a forest canopy. Dar es Salaam Airport.jpg
The reinforced concrete roofs at Terminal II are designed to resemble a forest canopy.
Air traffic control tower Torre de control del Aeropuerto Internacional de Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.JPG
Air traffic control tower
Radar tower Radar Tower - Julius Nyerere International Airport.JPG
Radar tower

In October 2005, "Dar es Salaam International Airport" (DIA) was renamed "Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere International Airport" and on 1 November 2006, "Julius Nyerere International Airport". [6] A total of 9,501,265 passengers used the airport from 1980 to 2004, averaging 2,770 per day. [7]

In April 2013, the Tanzania Airports Authority signed a TSH 275 billion contract with BAM International of the Netherlands for the construction of the first phase of Terminal III, with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year. [8] In November 2015, the second phase was also awarded to BAM, at a contract price of US$110 million, and will add capacity for an additional 2.5 million passengers per year. [9] After completion of Terminal III, it is expected that Terminal II will be devoted solely to domestic passengers. [9] It is proposed to build a rail shuttle link from the airport to the city, and rail coaches had been bought, as of 2014. [10]

The new Terminal 3 was constructed using domestic funding, and started operations in August 2019. [11] [12] In October 2022, it was announced that Terminal 2 was ready to be renovated soon by the Government of Tanzania. [13] [14] In February 2022, Tanzania Airports Authority announced their plans of developing a four-star hotel and commercial complex at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA). [15]

Terminals

There are three terminals at Dar es Salaam airport.

Terminal 1 is a small terminal that handles chartered and private flights. It has an annual capacity of handling 500,000 passengers.[ citation needed ] This small terminal's operations as an International Airport ceased in 1984 after completion of Terminal II.

Terminal 2 is used for domestic and regional scheduled flights. It has a capacity of handling 1.5 million passengers. [16] As of March 31, 2023, the terminal was set to close in June for the next two years, to make way for renovation. [17]

Terminal 3 is the newest terminal that opened in August 2019. It is used for International flights. The terminal consists of two phases, Phase I and II. There are 58 businesses in the terminal categorized under retail, operational machines and provision of services. [18]

Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminal III at night - November 2019 JNIA Terminal III.jpg
Julius Nyerere International Airport Terminal III at night - November 2019

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following passenger airlines operate at the airport: [4]

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tanzania Arusha, Bujumbura, Bukoba, Chato, Dodoma, Dubai–International, [19] Entebbe, Guangzhou, Harare, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, [20] Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Mbeya, Moroni, Mpanda, Mtwara, Mumbai, Mwanza, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Ndola, Songea, Tabora, Zanzibar
Air Zimbabwe Harare [21]
Airlink Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo
As Salaam Air Zanzibar
Auric Air Dodoma, Iringa, Mafia Island, Morogoro, Pemba Island, Tanga, Zanzibar
Coastal Aviation Arusha, Kilwa, Mafia Island, Manyara, Moshi, Pemba Island, Saadani, Selous, Seronera, Songo Songo Island, Tanga, Zanzibar
Egyptair Cairo
Emirates Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa
Ewa Air Seasonal: Dzaoudzi [ citation needed ]
Flightlink Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Lake Manyara, Mombasa, Seronera, Zanzibar
Fly540 Mombasa, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
flydubai Dubai–International
Int'Air Îles Moroni
Kenya Airways Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
KLM Amsterdam 1
LAM Mozambique Airlines Maputo, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Pemba
Malawian Airlines Blantyre, Lilongwe
Oman Air Muscat [22]
Precision Air Anjouan, Arusha, Bukoba, Dodoma, Kahama, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Moroni, Mtwara, Mwanza, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Seronera, Zanzibar
Qatar Airways Doha
RwandAir Kigali
South African Airways Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo (resumes 20 January 2025) [23]
Tropical Air Arusha, Mafia Island, Zanzibar
Turkish Airlines Istanbul, [24] Lusaka [25]
Uganda Airlines Entebbe
Zambia Airways Lusaka [26]
ZanAir Arusha, Pemba Island, Saadani, Selous, Zanzibar

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tanzania [27] Dubai–International, Kinshasa–N'djili, Lubumbashi, Mumbai
Astral Aviation [28] Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya Airways Cargo [29] Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta

Notes:
1 : KLM's inbound flights from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam make a stop in Kilimanjaro or Zanzibar. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Kilimanjaro/Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam.

Statistics

Traffic figures [30]
1999200020012002200320042005
Aircraft movements21,87931,53932,07437,03544,28949,52350,604
Number of passengers586,325621,513652,002703,483822,3981,011,3921,124,235
Total cargo (metric tons)11,56714,61814,46712,55212,33817,86315,575
2006200720082009201020112012
Aircraft movements53,21855,93861,95457,79062,62070,46075,564
Number of passengers1,249,4191,450,5581,542,7781,422,8461,556,4101,829,2192,088,282
Total cargo (metric tons)15,61718,45623,03918,84419,67523,94625,412
2013201420152016201720182019
Aircraft movements77,18577,99075,24075,74974,28671,42069,970
Number of passengers2,348,8192,478,0552,496,3942,469,3562,385,4562,417,0902,390,265
Total cargo (metric tons)21,89121,25522,01417,39817,03116,16215,898

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