Zanzibar Airport
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Zanzibar International Airport , also named Kisauni Airport, is the only airport on the island of Unguja
, which together with Pemba Island forms the archipelago of Zanzibar
, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. The airport is located approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Stone Town
.
The airport is currently served on a daily basis from all major East African airports such as Kilimanjaro Airport, Nairobi Airport
, Arusha Airport
, Mombasa airport and Dar es Salaam Airport by airlines such as Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways and Precision Air.
1Time
, a South African low cost airline carrier currently serves Zanzibar
on Tuesdays and Saturdays from Johannesburg
. Air Uganda
has twice weekly direct flights between Entebbe International Airport
and Zanzibar
on Mondays and Fridays.
There are also a couple of holiday charters such as Air Italy offering direct flights from destinations such as Milan
, Rome
, Verona
and Luxor
or Condor from Frankfurt
via Mombasa
.
The airport is open 24 hours a day and also hosts a cafeteria and several snack and souvenir shops.
of 54 feet (16 m) . It has one runway
designated 18/36 with an asphalt
surface measuring 2462 by 45 m (8,077.4 by 147.6 ).
Runway Designation: 18/36
Runway Length : 2.462 metres tarmac / Width: 45 metres
Taxiway Bearing Strength Tarmac A (23 metres width) – PCN 31/F/A/W/T
Taxiway Bearing Strength Tarmac B (45 metres width) – PCN 42/F/A/W/T
Taxiway Bearing Strength Tarmac C (23 metres width) – PCN 31/F/A/W/T
Apron Tarmac Bearing strength PCN 42/F/A/W/T
Unguja
Unguja as mentioned in The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is the largest and most populated island of Zanzibar, in Tanzania.-Geography:...
, which together with Pemba Island forms the archipelago of 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...
, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. The airport is located approximately 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Stone Town
Stone Town
Stone Town also known as Mji Mkongwe is the old part of Zanzibar City, the main city of Zanzibar, in Tanzania, as opposed to Ng'ambo . It is located on the western coast of Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago...
.
The airport is currently served on a daily basis from all major East African airports such as Kilimanjaro Airport, Nairobi Airport
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
-Charter airlines:-Cargo airlines:-Other facilities:The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has its head office in the KAA Complex on the airport property. African Express Airways has its head office on the airport property...
, 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....
, Mombasa airport and Dar es Salaam Airport by airlines such as Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways and Precision Air.
1Time
1Time
1Time is a low-cost airline based in the Isando Industrial Park in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa. It operates scheduled domestic services...
, a South African low cost airline carrier currently serves 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...
on Tuesdays and Saturdays from Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
. Air Uganda
Air Uganda
Air Uganda is the designated national airline for Uganda. The company was formed in 2007 and began commercial flight operations on November 15, 2007...
has twice weekly direct flights between Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport is the principal international airport of Uganda.-Location:It is located near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and about from the capital, Kampala...
and 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...
on Mondays and Fridays.
There are also a couple of holiday charters such as Air Italy offering direct flights from destinations such as Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
and Luxor
Luxor
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt and the capital of Luxor Governorate. The population numbers 487,896 , with an area of approximately . As the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", as the ruins of the temple...
or Condor from Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
via Mombasa
Mombasa
Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....
.
The airport is open 24 hours a day and also hosts a cafeteria and several snack and souvenir shops.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 54 feet (16 m) . It has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
designated 18/36 with an asphalt
Asphalt
Asphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
surface measuring 2462 by 45 m (8,077.4 by 147.6 ).
Runway Designation: 18/36
Runway Length : 2.462 metres tarmac / Width: 45 metres
Taxiway Bearing Strength Tarmac A (23 metres width) – PCN 31/F/A/W/T
Taxiway Bearing Strength Tarmac B (45 metres width) – PCN 42/F/A/W/T
Taxiway Bearing Strength Tarmac C (23 metres width) – PCN 31/F/A/W/T
Apron Tarmac Bearing strength PCN 42/F/A/W/T
Statistics
- Number of flights handled (2005): 14,302
- Passenger Traffic (2005): 418,814
- Cargo handled (2005): 566 tons
Airlines and destinations