Kigoma Airport

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Kigoma Airport

Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kigoma (Swahili)
Kigoma Airport.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Tanzania
Operator Tanzania Airports Authority
Serves Kigoma
Location Ujiji, Tanzania
Elevation  AMSL 2,700 ft / 823 m
Coordinates 4°53′10″S29°40′15″E / 4.88611°S 29.67083°E / -4.88611; 29.67083 Coordinates: 4°53′10″S29°40′15″E / 4.88611°S 29.67083°E / -4.88611; 29.67083
Website www.taa.go.tz
Map
Tanzania location map.svg
Airplane silhouette.svg
TKQ
Location of Kigoma airport.
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
15/331,8055,922Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
PassengersDecrease2.svg 28,454
Aircraft movementsDecrease2.svg 1,725
Cargo (kg)Increase2.svg 40,350
Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Kigoma Airport( IATA : TKQ, ICAO : HTKA) is an airport in western Tanzania serving Kigoma. It is located at the east area of Ujiji. The government of Tanzania is planning to improve the airport. [3] The Kigoma non-directional beacon (Ident: KG) is located on the field. [4] [5] Ground handling at the airport is conducted by the Livingstone Aviation Services Limited. [6]

Contents

Airlines and Destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tanzania Bujumbura, [7] Dar es Salaam

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. ↑ Airport information for TKQ at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Google Maps - Kigoma
  3. ↑ "Feasibility Study and Detailed Design for The Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Kigoma Airport" (PDF). Tanzania Airports Authority, Ministry of Infrastructure Development. July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Kigoma NDB (KG) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. ↑ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  6. ↑ "LIVINGSTONE AVIATION SERVICES LTD". LIVINGSTONE AVIATION SERVICES LTD. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  7. ↑ "Air Tanzania resumes Entebbe / Bujumbura service from late-August 2018".
  8. ↑ Hradecky, Simon (9 April 2012). "Accident: Tanzania DH8C at Kigoma on Apr 9th 2012, runway excursion on rejected takeof" . Retrieved 15 July 2013.


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