List of the busiest airports in Tanzania

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Tanzania's busiest airports is the list of top busiest airports across various aerodromes in the country. The tables below contain annual data published by the Tanzania Airports Authority on the busiest airports in Tanzania by total passenger traffic, aircraft movements and cargo handled.

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The lists are presented in chronological order. The number of total passengers for an airport is measured in persons and includes any passenger that arrives at, departs from or is on a transit from that airport. The number of total aircraft movements is measured in airplane-times and includes all the takeoffs and landings of all kinds of aircraft in scheduled or charter conditions. The total cargo handled is expressed in metric tonnes and includes all the freight and mail that arrives at or departs from the airport.

2017 – 2018

Passenger traffic

RankAirportCityRegionNumber of Passengers

FY 2018

Number of Passengers

FY 2017

% ChangeRank

Change

1 Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam 2,417,0902,385,456Increase2.svg 1.32Steady2.svg
2 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar Zanzibar 1,406,3001,229,999Increase2.svg 14.33Steady2.svg
3 Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro 897,708832,895Increase2.svg 7.78Steady2.svg
4 Mwanza Airport Mwanza Mwanza 399,054398,102Increase2.svg 0.23Steady2.svg
5 Arusha Airport Arusha Arusha 229,366192,233Increase2.svg 19.31Steady2.svg
6 Songwe Airport Mbeya Mbeya 114,863118,884Decrease2.svg -3.38Steady2.svg
7 Bukoba Airport Bukoba Kagera 52,10245,622Increase2.svg 14.20Increase2.svg 1
8 Dodoma Airport Dodoma Dodoma 47,39631,605Increase2.svg 49.96Decrease2.svg -1
9 Lake Manyara Airport Lake Manyara Arusha 41,07535,547Increase2.svg 15.55Steady2.svg
10 Kigoma Airport Kigoma Kigoma 33,45928,444Increase2.svg 17.63Steady2.svg
11 Tanga Airport Tanga Tanga 25,67027,477Decrease2.svg -6.57Increase2.svg 1
12 Mafia Airport Mafia Island Pwani 25,63123,615Increase2.svg 8.53Increase2.svg 1
13 Tabora Airport Tabora Tabora 25,48418,217Increase2.svg 39.89Decrease2.svg -2
14 Mtwara Airport Mtwara Mtwara 20,71024,462Decrease2.svg -15.33Increase2.svg 1
15 Iringa Airport Iringa Iringa 10,01311,137Decrease2.svg -10.09Decrease2.svg -1
16 Musoma Airport Musoma Mara 7,93113,154Decrease2.svg -39.70Increase2.svg 1
17 Kahama Airstrip Kahama Shinyanga 5,3414,035Increase2.svg 32.36Decrease2.svg -1
18 Songea Airport Songea Ruvuma 4,9039,823Decrease2.svg -50.08Increase2.svg 2
19 Kasulu Airport Kasulu Kigoma 3,7881,671Increase2.svg 126.69Decrease2.svg -1
20 Loliondo Airstrip Loliondo Arusha 2,4502,417Increase2.svg 1.36Decrease2.svg -1
21 Moshi Airport Moshi Kilimanjaro 2,3942,260Increase2.svg 5.92Steady2.svg
22 Morogoro Airport Morogoro Morogoro 2,0841,557Increase2.svg 33.84Steady2.svg
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority [1]

Aircraft Movements

RankAirportCityRegionAircraft Movements

FY 2018

Aircraft Movements

FY 2017

% ChangeRank

Change

1 Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam 71,42074,286Decrease2.svg -3.85Steady2.svg
2 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar Zanzibar 57,49357,551Decrease2.svg -0.10Steady2.svg
3 Arusha Airport Arusha Arusha 27,04823,392Increase2.svg 15.63Steady2.svg
4 Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro 25,27121,706Increase2.svg 16.42Steady2.svg
5 Mwanza Airport Mwanza Mwanza 11,78813,095Decrease2.svg -9.98Steady2.svg
6 Lake Manyara Airport Lake Manyara Arusha 8,5487,448Increase2.svg 14.77Steady2.svg
7 Dodoma Airport Dodoma Dodoma 4,5194,004Increase2.svg 12.86Increase2.svg 1
8 Tanga Airport Tanga Tanga 3,7614,681Decrease2.svg -19.65Decrease2.svg -1
9 Mafia Airport Mafia Island Pwani 3,6203,642Decrease2.svg -0.60Steady2.svg
10 Musoma Airport Musoma Mara 1,9321,838Increase2.svg 5.11Increase2.svg 2
11 Songwe Airport Mbeya Mbeya 1,9321,959Decrease2.svg -1.38Steady2.svg
12 Iringa Airport Iringa Iringa 1,7331,808Decrease2.svg -4.15Increase2.svg 1
13 Tabora Airport Tabora Tabora 1,6871,572Increase2.svg 7.32Increase2.svg 1
14 Bukoba Airport Bukoba Kagera 1,5682,302Decrease2.svg -31.88Decrease2.svg -4
15 Moshi Airport Moshi Kilimanjaro 1,4881,006Increase2.svg 47.91Increase2.svg 1
16 Kigoma Airport Kigoma Kigoma 1,2091,192Increase2.svg 1.43Decrease2.svg -1
17 Mtwara Airport Mtwara Mtwara 886972Decrease2.svg -8.84Steady2.svg
18 Loliondo Airstrip Loliondo Arusha 676606Increase2.svg 11.55Steady2.svg
19 Morogoro Airport Morogoro Morogoro 525480Increase2.svg 9.37Steady2.svg
20 Kasulu Airport Kasulu Kigoma 451310Increase2.svg 45.48Increase2.svg 2
21 Kahama Airstrip Kahama Shinyanga 435388Increase2.svg 12.11Steady2.svg
22 Songea Airport Songea Ruvuma 374452Decrease2.svg -17.25Decrease2.svg -2
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority [1]

Cargo Tonnage

RankAirportCityRegionCargo Tonnage

FY 2018

Cargo Tonnage

FY 2017

% ChangeRank

Change

1 Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam 16,16217,031Decrease2.svg -5.10Steady2.svg
2 Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro 3,1032,646Increase2.svg 17.27Increase2.svg 1
3 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar Zanzibar 2,3664,462Decrease2.svg -46.97Decrease2.svg -1
4 Mwanza Airport Mwanza Mwanza 2,1092,277Decrease2.svg -7.37Steady2.svg
5 Songwe Airport Mbeya Mbeya 747649Increase2.svg 15.10Steady2.svg
6 Dodoma Airport Dodoma Dodoma 1567Increase2.svg 2128.57Increase2.svg 7
7 Bukoba Airport Bukoba Kagera 5536Increase2.svg 52.77Steady2.svg
8 Arusha Airport Arusha Arusha 5525Increase2.svg 120Increase2.svg 1
9 Kasulu Airport Kasulu Kigoma 429Increase2.svg 366.66Increase2.svg 3
10 Mtwara Airport Mtwara Mtwara 4136Increase2.svg 13.88Decrease2.svg -3
11 Kahama Airstrip Kahama Shinyanga 3619Increase2.svg 89.47Decrease2.svg -1
12 Songea Airport Songera Ruvuma 235Increase2.svg 360Increase2.svg 2
13 Iringa Airport Iringa Iringa 181Increase2.svg 1700Increase2.svg 2
14 Kigoma Airport Kigoma Kigoma 1212Decrease2.svg 0Decrease2.svg -3
15 Musoma Airport Musoma Mara 645Decrease2.svg -86.66Decrease2.svg -9
16 Moshi Airport Moshi Kilimanjaro 21Increase2.svg 100Decrease2.svg -1
17 Tabora Airport Tabora Tabora 21Increase2.svg 100Decrease2.svg -2
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tanzania Airport Statistics 2018". TAA. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12.