| West Kilimanjaro Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Tanzania | ||||||||||
| Operator | Tanzania Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kilimanjaro National Park | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,300 ft / 1,311 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 3°03′15″S36°59′55″E / 3.05417°S 36.99861°E Coordinates: 3°03′15″S36°59′55″E / 3.05417°S 36.99861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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  HTWK Location of airstrip in Tanzania  HTWK HTWK (Africa) | |||||||||||
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West Kilimanjaro Airstrip( ICAO : HTWK) is an airstrip in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It is near Kilimanjaro National Park.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Kilimanjaro Region is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions with a postcode number 25000. The regional capital is the municipality of Moshi. According to the 2012 national census, the region had a population of 1,640,087, which was lower than the pre-census projection of 1,702,207. For 2002-2012, the region's 1.8 percent average annual population growth rate was the 24th highest in the country. It was also the eighth most densely populated region with 124 people per square kilometer.
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.
