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List of the busiest airports in Tanzania

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Tanzania's busiest airports is the list of top busiest airports across various aerodromes in the country. The tables below contain annual data published by the Tanzania Airports Authority on the busiest airports in Tanzania by total passenger traffic, aircraft movements and cargo handled.

The lists are presented in chronological order. The number of total passengers for an airport is measured in persons and includes any passenger that arrives at, departs from or is on a transit from that airport. The number of total aircraft movements is measured in airplane-times and includes all the takeoffs and landings of all kinds of aircraft in scheduled or charter conditions. The total cargo handled is expressed in metric tonnes and includes all the freight and mail that arrives at or departs from the airport.

2017 – 2018

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Passenger traffic

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Rank Airport City Region Number of Passengers

FY 2018

Number of Passengers

FY 2017

% Change Rank

Change

1 Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam 2,417,090 2,385,456 Increase 1.32 Steady
2 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar Zanzibar 1,406,300 1,229,999 Increase 14.33 Steady
3 Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro 897,708 832,895 Increase 7.78 Steady
4 Mwanza Airport Mwanza Mwanza 399,054 398,102 Increase 0.23 Steady
5 Arusha Airport Arusha Arusha 229,366 192,233 Increase 19.31 Steady
6 Songwe Airport Mbeya Mbeya 114,863 118,884 Decrease -3.38 Steady
7 Bukoba Airport Bukoba Kagera 52,102 45,622 Increase 14.20 Increase 1
8 Dodoma Airport Dodoma Dodoma 47,396 31,605 Increase 49.96 Decrease -1
9 Lake Manyara Airport Lake Manyara Arusha 41,075 35,547 Increase 15.55 Steady
10 Kigoma Airport Kigoma Kigoma 33,459 28,444 Increase 17.63 Steady
11 Tanga Airport Tanga Tanga 25,670 27,477 Decrease -6.57 Increase 1
12 Mafia Airport Mafia Island Pwani 25,631 23,615 Increase 8.53 Increase 1
13 Tabora Airport Tabora Tabora 25,484 18,217 Increase 39.89 Decrease -2
14 Mtwara Airport Mtwara Mtwara 20,710 24,462 Decrease -15.33 Increase 1
15 Iringa Airport Iringa Iringa 10,013 11,137 Decrease -10.09 Decrease -1
16 Musoma Airport Musoma Mara 7,931 13,154 Decrease -39.70 Increase 1
17 Kahama Airstrip Kahama Shinyanga 5,341 4,035 Increase 32.36 Decrease -1
18 Songea Airport Songea Ruvuma 4,903 9,823 Decrease -50.08 Increase 2
19 Kasulu Airport Kasulu Kigoma 3,788 1,671 Increase 126.69 Decrease -1
20 Loliondo Airstrip Loliondo Arusha 2,450 2,417 Increase 1.36 Decrease -1
21 Moshi Airport Moshi Kilimanjaro 2,394 2,260 Increase 5.92 Steady
22 Morogoro Airport Morogoro Morogoro 2,084 1,557 Increase 33.84 Steady
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority[1]

Aircraft Movements

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Rank Airport City Region Aircraft Movements

FY 2018

Aircraft Movements

FY 2017

% Change Rank

Change

1 Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam 71,420 74,286 Decrease -3.85 Steady
2 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar Zanzibar 57,493 57,551 Decrease -0.10 Steady
3 Arusha Airport Arusha Arusha 27,048 23,392 Increase 15.63 Steady
4 Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro 25,271 21,706 Increase 16.42 Steady
5 Mwanza Airport Mwanza Mwanza 11,788 13,095 Decrease -9.98 Steady
6 Lake Manyara Airport Lake Manyara Arusha 8,548 7,448 Increase 14.77 Steady
7 Dodoma Airport Dodoma Dodoma 4,519 4,004 Increase 12.86 Increase 1
8 Tanga Airport Tanga Tanga 3,761 4,681 Decrease -19.65 Decrease -1
9 Mafia Airport Mafia Island Pwani 3,620 3,642 Decrease -0.60 Steady
10 Musoma Airport Musoma Mara 1,932 1,838 Increase 5.11 Increase 2
11 Songwe Airport Mbeya Mbeya 1,932 1,959 Decrease -1.38 Steady
12 Iringa Airport Iringa Iringa 1,733 1,808 Decrease -4.15 Increase 1
13 Tabora Airport Tabora Tabora 1,687 1,572 Increase 7.32 Increase 1
14 Bukoba Airport Bukoba Kagera 1,568 2,302 Decrease -31.88 Decrease -4
15 Moshi Airport Moshi Kilimanjaro 1,488 1,006 Increase 47.91 Increase 1
16 Kigoma Airport Kigoma Kigoma 1,209 1,192 Increase 1.43 Decrease -1
17 Mtwara Airport Mtwara Mtwara 886 972 Decrease -8.84 Steady
18 Loliondo Airstrip Loliondo Arusha 676 606 Increase 11.55 Steady
19 Morogoro Airport Morogoro Morogoro 525 480 Increase 9.37 Steady
20 Kasulu Airport Kasulu Kigoma 451 310 Increase 45.48 Increase 2
21 Kahama Airstrip Kahama Shinyanga 435 388 Increase 12.11 Steady
22 Songea Airport Songea Ruvuma 374 452 Decrease -17.25 Decrease -2
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority[1]

Cargo Tonnage

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Rank Airport City Region Cargo Tonnage

FY 2018

Cargo Tonnage

FY 2017

% Change Rank

Change

1 Julius Nyerere International Airport Dar-es-salaam Dar es Salaam 16,162 17,031 Decrease -5.10 Steady
2 Kilimanjaro International Airport Kilimanjaro Kilimanjaro 3,103 2,646 Increase 17.27 Increase 1
3 Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar Zanzibar 2,366 4,462 Decrease -46.97 Decrease -1
4 Mwanza Airport Mwanza Mwanza 2,109 2,277 Decrease -7.37 Steady
5 Songwe Airport Mbeya Mbeya 747 649 Increase 15.10 Steady
6 Dodoma Airport Dodoma Dodoma 156 7 Increase 2128.57 Increase 7
7 Bukoba Airport Bukoba Kagera 55 36 Increase 52.77 Steady
8 Arusha Airport Arusha Arusha 55 25 Increase 120 Increase 1
9 Kasulu Airport Kasulu Kigoma 42 9 Increase 366.66 Increase 3
10 Mtwara Airport Mtwara Mtwara 41 36 Increase 13.88 Decrease -3
11 Kahama Airstrip Kahama Shinyanga 36 19 Increase 89.47 Decrease -1
12 Songea Airport Songera Ruvuma 23 5 Increase 360 Increase 2
13 Iringa Airport Iringa Iringa 18 1 Increase 1700 Increase 2
14 Kigoma Airport Kigoma Kigoma 12 12 Decrease 0 Decrease -3
15 Musoma Airport Musoma Mara 6 45 Decrease -86.66 Decrease -9
16 Moshi Airport Moshi Kilimanjaro 2 1 Increase 100 Decrease -1
17 Tabora Airport Tabora Tabora 2 1 Increase 100 Decrease -2
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tanzania Airport Statistics 2018". TAA. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12.