List of airports in Tanzania - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of airport
Airport
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s in Tanzania
Tanzania
The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, sorted by location.

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a nation

Nation

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in central East Africa

East Africa

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bordered by Kenya

Kenya

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and Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

to the north, Rwanda

Rwanda

Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

, Burundi

Burundi

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and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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to the west, and Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

, Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

and Mozambique

Mozambique

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to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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. The nation is a unitary republic

Unitary state

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composed of 26 regions

Regions of Tanzania

Tanzania is divided into 26 regions.-See also:* list of Tanzanian regions by area ranks the regions by their total area, land area, and water area.* Districts of Tanzania* ISO 3166-2:TZ-External links:*...

(mkoa). The capital

Capital City

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of Tanzania is the central city of Dodoma

Dodoma

Dodoma , officially Dodoma Urban District, population 324,347 , is the national capital of Tanzania, and the capital of the Dodoma region. In 1973, plans were made to move the capital to Dodoma...

Airports

Names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.

Location served	ICAO ICAO airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic...	IATA IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association...	Airport name
Arusha Arusha Arusha is a city in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of the Arusha Region, which claims a population of 1,288,088, including 281,608 for the Arusha District . Arusha is surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks...	HTAR	ARK	Arusha Airport Arusha Airport Arusha Airport is a small airport serving Arusha, Tanzania.The airport is currently undergoing an expansion which includes an extension of the current runway and new terminal buildings.The airport served 87,252 passengers in 2004....
Bukoba Bukoba Bukoba is a town in northwest Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region. Population estimate: 100,000...	HTBU	BKZ	Bukoba Airport Bukoba Airport Bukoba Airport is an airport in Bukoba, Tanzania ....
Chunya Chunya Chunya is one of the 8 districts of the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Tabora Region, to the Northeast by the Singida Region, to the East by the Mbarali District, to the South by the Mbeya Rural and Mbozi Districts, and to the West by the Rukwa Region.According to the...	HTCH		Chunya Airport
Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. It is also the country's richest city and a regionally important economic centre. Dar es Salaam is actually an administrative province within Tanzania, and consists of three local government areas or administrative districts: ...	HTDA	DAR	Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport -History:The German colonial Government built the first airport in Tanganyika at Kurasini in Temeke District in 1918. It was called Mkeja Airport....
Dodoma Dodoma Dodoma , officially Dodoma Urban District, population 324,347 , is the national capital of Tanzania, and the capital of the Dodoma region. In 1973, plans were made to move the capital to Dodoma...	HTDO	DOD	Dodoma International Airport Dodoma International Airport The Dodoma Airport, \|Comair]]\|Johannesburg\|\|Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar\|Coastal Aviation\|Zanzibar, Arusha, Selous, Kilwa, Serengeti, Tanga, Mafia, Kigali\|Comores Air Services\|Moroni\|Comores Aviation\|Anjouan, Moroni\|EgyptAir\|Cairo, Lusaka...
Iringa Iringa Iringa is a city in Tanzania with a population of 112,900 . It is situated at a latitude of 7.77°S and longitude of 35.69°E. The name is derived from the Hehe word lilinga, meaning fort....	HTIR	IRI	Iringa Airport
Kigoma Kigoma Kigoma is a town and lake port in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma Region and has a population of 135,234 and an elevation of 775 m.The historic trading town of Ujiji is 6 km...	HTKA	TKQ	Kigoma Airport Kigoma Airport Kigoma Airport is an airport in Kigoma, Tanzania .-Scheduled services:...
Kilimatinde Kilimatinde Kilimatinde is a village in the Singida region of Tanzania....	HTKT		Kilimatinde Airport
Kilwa Masoko Kilwa Masoko Kilwa Masoko is a port town in eastern Tanzania. It is located at around .Kilwa Masoko is the site of very impressive ruins from the Ottoman Arab dynasties....	HTKI	KIY	Kilwa Masoko Airport
Kongwa Kongwa Kongwa is one of the 5 districts of the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Manyara Region, to the East by the Morogoro Region, to the South by the Mpwapwa District and to the West by the Dodoma Rural District....	HTKO		Kongwa Airport
Lake Manyara Lake Manyara Lake Manyara is a shallow lake in the Natron-Manyara-Balangida branch of the Great Rift Valley in Tanzania. Said by Ernest Hemingway to be the "loveliest [lake] .....	HTLM	LKY	Lake Manyara Airport
Lindi Lindi Lindi is a coastal town located at the far end of the Lindi Bay, on the Indian Ocean in southeastern Tanzania. The town is 450 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam and 105 kilometers north of Mtwara, the southernmost coastal town in Tanzania, and gives its name to the surrounding Lindi Region, one...	HTLI	LDI	Lindi Kikwetu Airport Lindi Kikwetu Airport Lindi Kikwetu Airport is an airport in Lindi, Tanzania .-See also:* List of airports in Tanzania...
Mafia	HTMA	MFA	Mafia Airport
Mafinga	HTSH		Mafinga Airport
Masasi Masasi Masasi is one of the 5 districts of the Mtwara Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Newala District, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by the Ruvuma Region....	HTMI	XMI	Masasi Airport
Mbeya Mbeya Mbeya is a city located in southwest Tanzania, Africa. Mbeya's urban population was 280,000 in 2005. Mbeya is the capital of the surrounding rural Mbeya region ....	HTMB	MBI	Mbeya Airport
Mombo Mombo -References:* * - Thèse de Donation Avele, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV * Charles Nanga, , Mémoire ENA....	HTMO		Mombo Airport
Morogoro Morogoro Morogoro is a city with an urban population of 206,868 in the southern highlands of Tanzania, 190 km west of Dar es Salaam. It is the capital of the Morogoro Region...	HTMG		Morogoro Airport
Moshi Moshi Moshi is a Tanzanian town with a population of 144,739 in Kilimanjaro Region. The town is situated on the lower slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro, a volcanic mountain that is the highest mountain in Africa....	HTMS	QSI	Moshi Airport
Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...	HTKJ	JRO	Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro International Airport is the second, albeit small, international airport of Tanzania . It serves the Kilimanjaro area including the cities of Arusha and Moshi near Mount Kilimanjaro, and the international tourism industry based on Mount Kilimanjaro, Arusha National Park, Ngorongoro...
Mpanda Mpanda Mpanda is one of the 4 districts of the Rukwa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the Northwest by the Kigoma Region, to the Northeast by the Tabora Region, to the East by the Mbeya Region, to the Southeast by the Sumbawanga Urban District, to the Southwest by the Nkansi District and to the West...	HTMP		Mpanda Airport
Mpwapwa Mpwapwa Mpwapwa is a market town, in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania.-Overview:It is one of the oldest colonial districts in Tanzania, boasting local German colonial government headquarters, or bomas, in the early 1890s, and British administrative offices after World War I...	HTMX		Mpwapwa Airport
Mtwara	HTMT	MYW	Mtwara Airport Mtwara Airport Mtwara Airport is an airport in Mtwara, Tanzania .- Accidents and incidents :On 27 August 1975, Douglas C-47B 5Y-AAF of East African Airways was damaged beyond economic repair in a landing accident. The aircraft was on a scheduled passenger flight. All 19 people on board survived....
Musoma Musoma Musoma is a city located in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of Mara Region. It has a population of 103,497 . Musoma sits on the eastern edge of Lake Victoria not far from the Kenyan border. There are boats that take you across Lake Victoria from Musoma.- Geography :The town is sited in a...	HTMU	MUZ	Musoma Airport Musoma Airport Musoma Airport is an airport in Musoma, Tanzania .-See also:* List of airports in Tanzania...
Mwadui	HTMD	MWN	Mwadui Airport
Mwanza Mwanza Mwanza is a mid-sized port city on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania. With an urban population of 1.2 million and a metropolitan population of 2 million, it is Tanzania's second largest city, following Dar es Salaam and ahead of other major Tanzanian cities of Arusha,...	HTMD	MWZ	Mwanza Airport Mwanza Airport Mwanza International Airport is a major regional international Tanzanian airport located in Mwanza City, Tanzania . It serves as the main hub for as well as Delavia- Far East Airways and a secondary hub for Precision Air and Air Tanzania....
Nachingwea Nachingwea Nachingwea is one of the 6 districts in the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Ruangwa District, to the East by the Lindi Rural District, to the Southeast by the Mtwara Region and to the Southwest by the Ruvuma Region....	HTNA	NCH	Nachingwea Airport
Ngara Ngara Ngara is one of the six districts of the Kagera Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Karagwe District, to the east by the Biharamulo District, to the south by the Kigoma Region, to the northeast by the Muleba District and to the west by Rwanda and Burundi.According to the 2002...	HTNR		Ngara Airport
Njombe Njombe Njombe is one of the 7 districts of the Iringa Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Mufindi District, to the South by the Ludewa District, to the East by the Morogoro and Ruvuma Regions, to the West by the Makete District and to the Northwest by the Mbeya Region.According to the...	HTNJ	JOM	Njombe Airport
Pemba Pemba, Tanzania Pemba Island, known as "The Green Island" in Arabic , is an island forming part of the Zanzibar archipelago, lying off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It is situated about 50 kilometres to the north of the Unguja . In 1964 Zanzibar was united with the former colony of Tanganyika to...	HTPE	PMA	Pemba Airport Pemba Airport (Tanzania) Pemba Airport is an airport on Pemba Island in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is also known as Wawi Airport or Karume Airport....
Same Same, Tanzania Same is a town in northern Tanzania near the border with Kenya. It had 16,819 inhabitants in 2002.- Transport :It is served by a station on the Tanga line of the national railway network.- External links :*...	HTSE		Same Airport
Seronera Seronera Seronera is a small settlement in Serengeti National Park. It is home to a small airstrip....	HTSN	SEU	Seronera Airport
Shinyanga Shinyanga Shinyanga, also known as Shinyanga mji in the local Swahili language, is a city in northern Tanzania. The city is the location of the regional headquarters of Shinyanga Region as well as the district headquarters of Shinyanga Urban District...	HTSY	SHY	Shinyanga Airport Shinyanga Airport -Location:Shinyanga Airport is located in northern Tanzania, near the city of Shinyanga, approximately , by air, northwest of Julius Nyerere International Airport , the country’s largest civilian and military airport. The geographic coordinates of this airport are:-3° 36' 36.00", +33° 30' 0.00"...
Singida	HTSD		Singida Airport
Songea Songea Songea is the capital of the Ruvuma Region in southeastern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road. The city has a population of approximately 130,000, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Songea. Between 1905 and 1907 the city was a centre of African resistance during the Maji...	HTSO	SGX	Songea Airport
Sumbawanga Sumbawanga Sumbawanga is a city located in western Tanzania. It is the capital of Rukwa Region. The regional population is approximately 150,000 based on a 2002 census.Many people living in Sumbawanga are Fipa, called so for the native language also spoken there...	HTSU	SUT	Sumbawanga Airport
Tabora Tabora Tabora is the capital city of Tanzania's Tabora Region with a population of 127,880 . Tabora region is one of the largest geographical regions of Tanzania.- History :...	HTTB	TBO	Tabora Airport Tabora Airport Tabora Airport is an airport in Tabora, Tanzania .-Scheduled services:...
Tanga Tanga, Tanzania Tanga is both the name of the most northerly seaport city of Tanzania, and the surrounding Tanga Region. It is the Regional Headquarters of the region.With a population of 243,580 in 2002, Tanga is one of the largest cities in the country...	HTTG	TGT	Tanga Airport Tanga Airport Tanga Airport is a small airport serving Tanga in Tanzania. The airport served 5,865 passengers in 2003.-Airlines and destinations:...
Tunduru Tunduru Tunduru is one of the 5 districts of the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by the Lindi Region, to the East by the Mtwara Region, to the South by Mozambique and to the West by the Namtumbo District....	HTTU		Tunduru Airport
Urambo Urambo Urambo is one of the six districts of the Tabora Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by the Shinyanga Region, to the east by the Uyui District, to the southeast by the Sikonge District, to the southwest by the Rukwa Region, and to the west by the Kigoma Region.According to the 2002...	HTUR		Urambo Airport
West Kilimanjaro	HTWK		West Kilimanjaro Airport
Zanzibar Zanzibar Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...	HTZA	ZNZ	Zanzibar International Airport