Singida Airstrip

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Singida Airstrip
Uwanja mdogo wa Ndege wa Singida
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Government of Tanzania
Operator Tanzania Airports Authority
Serves Singida
Elevation  AMSL 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
Coordinates 4°48′40″S34°43′30″E / 4.81111°S 34.72500°E / -4.81111; 34.72500 Coordinates: 4°48′40″S34°43′30″E / 4.81111°S 34.72500°E / -4.81111; 34.72500
Website www.taa.go.tz
Map
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HTSD
Location of airstrip in Tanzania
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HTSD
HTSD (Africa)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
09/271,0573,468Gravel
Statistics (2009)
Passengers 319
Sources: Google Maps [1] TCAA [2] GCM [3]

Singida Airstrip( ICAO : HTSD) is an airstrip in central Tanzania serving the municipality of Singida. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the town.

ICAO airport code four-letter code designating many airports around the world

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Tanzania country in Africa

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in eastern Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands at the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, is in north-eastern Tanzania.

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References

  1. ↑ Google Maps - Singida
  2. ↑ "List of Aerodromes in Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority . Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Airport information for HTSD at Great Circle Mapper.


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