List of airports in Tanzania

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Summary
OperatorAerodromes
TAA
60
ZAA
2
KADCO
0
TANAPA
26
MNRT
61
NCAA
2
Private
93

List of airports in Tanzania is a partial list of aerodromes (airports and airstrips) in Tanzania. [1]

Contents

The ICAO airport codes for Tanzania begin with the letters "HT".

Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s).

Runway information is for the longest runway and/or the one with better surface (when more than one is available).

Airports

Tanzania Mainland

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Julius Nyerere International Airport
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Tanga Airport

The mainland (excluding Zanzibar) has 27 airports. The Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) operates all the airports including Kilimanjaro International since october,2024, which was previously managed by the state-owned Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company (KADCO). [2]

Key Airport of entry
LocationRegionICAOIATAAirport nameRunway (m)Surface
Arusha Arusha Region HTARARK Arusha Airport 1,820Asphalt
Bukoba Kagera Region HTBUBKZ Bukoba Airport 1,325Asphalt
Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Region HTDADAR Julius Nyerere International Airport 3,000Asphalt
Dodoma Dodoma Region HTDODOD Dodoma Airport 2,500Asphalt
Chato District Geita Region HTGEGIT Geita Airport 3,000Asphalt
Hai District Kilimanjaro Region HTKJJRO Kilimanjaro International Airport 3,600Asphalt
Ibadakuli Shinyanga Region HTSYSHY Shinyanga Airport 2,000
Kilwa Masoko Lindi Region HTKIKIY Kilwa Masoko Airport 1,800
Lake Manyara Arusha Region HTLMLKY Lake Manyara Airport 1,220
Lindi Lindi Region HTLILDI Lindi Airport 1,748
Mafia Island Pwani Region HTMAMFA Mafia Airport 1,500Asphalt
Masasi Mtwara Region HTMIXMI Masasi Airport 1,275
Mbeya Mbeya Region HTMBMBI Mbeya Airport 1,569
Mbeya Mbeya Region HTGW Songwe Airport 3,330Asphalt
Moshi Kilimanjaro Region HTMSQSI Moshi Airport 1,569
Mpanda Katavi Region HTMPNPY Mpanda Airport 1,820Asphalt
Mtwara Mtwara Region HTMTMYW Mtwara Airport 2,260Asphalt
Musoma Mara Region HTMUMUZ Musoma Airport 1,600
Mwadui Shinyanga Region HTMDMWN Mwadui Airport 1400Gravel
Mwanza Mwanza Region HTMWMWZ Mwanza Airport 3,010Asphalt
Nachingwea Lindi Region HTNANCH Nachingwea Airport 1,795
Nduli Iringa Region HTIRIRI Iringa Airport 1,670Asphalt
Ngara Kagera Region HTNR Ngara Airport 1,445
Njombe Njombe Region HTNJJOM Njombe Airport 1,890Grass
Songea Ruvuma Region HTSOSGX Songea Airport 1,617Asphalt
Sumbawanga Rukwa Region HTSUSUT Sumbawanga Airport 1,428
Tabora Tabora Region HTTBTBO Tabora Airport 1,900Asphalt
Tanga Tanga Region HTTGTGT Tanga Airport 1,255Asphalt
Ujiji Kigoma Region HTKATKQ Kigoma Airport 1,794Asphalt

Zanzibar

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Pemba Airport

Airports in the Zanzibar Archipelago are under the jurisdiction of the Zanzibar Airports Authority.

LocationRegionICAOIATAAirport nameRunway (m)
Pemba Island South Pemba Region HTPEPMA Pemba Airport 1,517
Unguja Island Zanzibar Central/South Region HTZAZNZ Abeid Amani Karume International Airport 3,007

Airstrips

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A giraffe passing by the Mtemere Airstrip in the Selous Game Reserve
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Tourists arriving at Seronera
LocationRegionICAOIATAAirstrip nameRunway (m)Operated by
Loliondo Arusha Region HTLD Loliondo Airstrip 1,535 TAA
Mikumi National Park Morogoro Region HTMK Kikoboga Airstrip 1,330 TANAPA
Mombo Tanga Region HTMO Mombo Airstrip 1,285 TAA
Morogoro Morogoro Region HTMG Morogoro Airstrip 1,000 TAA
Kilimanjaro National Park Kilimanjaro Region HTWK West Kilimanjaro Airstrip 1,244 TAA
Ruaha National Park Iringa Region HTMR Msembe Airstrip 1,288 TANAPA
Rubondo Island National Park Mwanza Region Rubondo Airstrip 1,242 TANAPA
Same Kilimanjaro Region HTSE Same Airstrip 750 TAA
Selous Game Reserve Pwani Region Mtemere Airstrip 1,232 MNRT
Seronera Mara Region HTSNSEU Seronera Airstrip 1,570 TANAPA
Singida Singida Region HTSD Singida Airstrip 1,057 TAA
Songo Songo Island Lindi Region Songo Songo Airstrip 1,050TPDC

*TAA Tanzania Airports Authority, TANAPA Tanzania National Parks Authority, TPDC Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation, MNRT Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism

Military airbases

Proposed airports

See also

References

  1. "List of Aerodromes in Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. "Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company". Kilimanjaro Airport. Retrieved 22 August 2018.