Sumbawanga Airport

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Sumbawanga Airport

Uwanja wa Ndege wa Sumbawanga  (Swahili)
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Tanzania
Operator Tanzania Airports Authority
Location Sumbawanga, Tanzania
Elevation  AMSL 5,920 ft / 1,804 m
Coordinates 7°56′56″S31°36′37″E / 7.94889°S 31.61028°E / -7.94889; 31.61028 Coordinates: 7°56′56″S31°36′37″E / 7.94889°S 31.61028°E / -7.94889; 31.61028
Website www.taa.go.tz
Map
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Airplane silhouette.svg
SUT
Location of airport in Tanzania
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
07/251,4284,685 GRE
Statistics (2009)
Passengers806
Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Sumbawanga Airport( IATA : SUT, ICAO : HTSU) is an airport in western Tanzania serving the town of Sumbawanga in Rukwa Region. [3] The government has sought funds from the European Investment Bank for the upgrade of the airport. [4]

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Stella Manyanga, the Rukwa Regional Commissioner has instead urged the government to construct a new airport at Kisumba village as the present facility does not have enough land for future expansion. [5] In April 2013, the Tanzania Airports Authority allocated funds for the evaluation of the area for the proposed future airport. [6]

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References

  1. Airport information for SUT at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Sumbawanga
  3. "Feasibility Study and Detailed Design for The Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Sumbawanga Airport" (PDF). Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Tanzania. March 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. "Rukwa airports upgrading to cost 80bn/-". Daily News (Tanzania). 26 December 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "Rukwa RC looks for new airport". Daily News (Tanzania). 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  6. "TAA allocates 50m for new airport site evaluation". Daily News (Tanzania). 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2013.