Viwanja Vya Ndege | Tanzanian Airports And Airfields

[xJamaax]

Tupe habari kuhusu viwanja vya ndege na maendeleo tofauti zinazohusisha uboreshaji wa majengo haya.


Post news and related activities going around these facilities.

[Kisumu Ndogo]

Originally Posted by xJamaax

Tupe habari kuhusu viwanja vya ndege na maendeleo tofauti zinazohusisha uboreshaji wa majengo haya.


Post news and related activities going around these facilities.

Nimeipenda hii, safi jamaax.

Tanzania Airports

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

Location ICAO IATA Airport name
Arusha HTAR ARK Arusha Airport
Bukoba HTBU BKZ Bukoba Airport
Chunya HTCH Chunya Airport
Dar es Salaam HTDA DAR Julius Nyerere International Airport
Dodoma HTDO DOD Dodoma International Airport
Iringa HTIR IRI Iringa Airport
Kigoma HTKA TKQ Kigoma Airport
Kilimatinde HTKT Kilimatinde Airport
Kilwa Masoko HTKI KIY Kilwa Masoko Airport
Kongwa HTKO Kongwa Airport
Lake Manyara HTLM LKY Lake Manyara Airport
Lindi HTLI LDI Lindi Kikwetu Airport
Mafia HTLM MFA Mafia Airport
Mafinga HTSH Mafinga Airport
Masasi HTMI XMI Masasi Airport
Mbeya HTMB MBI Mbeya Airport
Mombo HTMO Mombo Airport
Morogoro HTMG Morogoro Airport
Moshi HTMS QSI Moshi Airport
Mount Kilimanjaro HTKJ JRO Kilimanjaro International Airport
Mpanda HTMP Mpanda Airport
Mpwapwa HTMX Mpwapwa Airport
Mtwara HTMT MYW Mtwara Airport
Musoma HTMU MUZ Musoma Airport
Mwadui HTMD MWN Mwadui Airport
Mwanza HTMD MWZ Mwanza Airport
Nachingwea HTNA NCH Nachingwea Airport
Ngara HTNR Ngara Airport
Njombe HTNJ JOM Njombe Airport
Pemba HTPE PMA Pemba Airport
Same HTSE Same Airport
Seronera HTSN SEU Seronera Airport
Shinyanga HTSY SHY Shinyanga Airport
Singida HTSD Singida Airport
Songea HTSO SGX Songea Airport
Sumbawanga HTSU SUT Sumbawanga Airport
Tabora HTTB TBO Tabora Airport
Tanga HTTG TGT Tanga Airport
Tunduru HTTU Tunduru Airport
Urambo HTUR Urambo Airport
West Kilimanjaro HTWK West Kilimanjaro Airport
Zanzibar HTZA ZNZ Zanzibar International Airport

Source: Wiki

[mwinyi]

hakuna kinachoendelea zaidi ya harufu za vinyesi, escalators zisizofanyakazi, joto la kutisha na of course kundi la wahuni wanaosimama mlangoni kwenye arrivals

[SUNS 25]

Please, where are the pics of Tanzanian Airports And Airfields?

[lady gaga]

Originally Posted by SUNS 25

Please, where are the pics of Tanzanian Airports And Airfields?

[kiligoland]

Songwe airport set to encourage investments in Southern regions

MBEYA Region has something in the offing that will not only change the economy of the region, but of the entire country and put Tanzania on the map of one of few African countries with several international airports.

A new international airport, designed to initially handle aircraft up to B737 size, is being constructed at Songwe area, in the outskirts of Mbeya City Centre. The new airport is expected to cater for the increasing demand for such a facility not only for the rapidly expanding economy of the area and Tanzania in general, but also enhance inter- SADC trade and travel. The project which was one of the 2005 and 2010 election promises by the ruling party, CCM, has the potential to boost agriculture, trade and investment in the region. Kundan Singh Construction Company, signed contract to undertake the project on September 12, 2008 and the work was initially set to complete in two years time.

But due to some problems, according to the Mbeya Regional Commissioner, Mr John Mwakipesile, the work is due for completion in August, this year. The project, upon completion, is expected to cost 32.17bn/-. Resident Engineer Khalil Jadallah said the work was progressing well and was 70 per cent complete.

“We have constructed two layers of tarmac in the runway and we still have two more to go-of asphalt and stabilizer,” he said. It has the longest runway in the country of 3.5 kilometres while Dar es Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) runway has 3 kilometres long.

It will have a 200 metres long apron and 50 metres safety area in both sides of runway.
“We started all the work together such as construction of runway, connection roads, terminal building and so forth,” he said, adding; “We are almost done with earth work which is more difficult than any other and we have advanced in the construction of runway, taxing way, apron and connection roads.”

He said construction of water drains and a sewerage system including seven sewer ponds was completed while work on control tower, fire and power houses were continuing. Mbeya District Commissioner, Mr Evans Balama, said construction work on the terminal building has stagnated a bit due to misunderstandings with a party that was sub-contracted to build it but it would resume soon.

Mr Balama said he was optimistic that the work would be completed as scheduled and bring the desired development in the region. “The foundation for the two-storey terminal building has already been constructed and the upper part is not a big deal. It can be done while finishing the other construction works,” said Engineer Jadallah.

The Regional Commissioner Mr Mwakipesile said the facility was expected to boost development of the area and already authorities were aggressively promoting investments to the area to make sure Mbeya and the entire Southern Highlands Zone benefits from the country’s fifth international airport.

Others are; Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport (in Dar es Salaam), Kilimanjaro International Airport (Moshi/Arusha), Mwanza International Airport (Mwanza) and Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (Zanzibar). He said both the regional and national leaders were striving to lure reputable investors to invest in various social and economic sectors in order to push ahead economic growth and improve the people's socio-economic status.

“We are working hard to make sure that the airport brings massive economic benefits to Mbeya and the neighbouring regions and countries,” he said, adding; It is expected that upon commissioning, this airport will open up the region to more tourists and harness the existing horticulture and floriculture business potentials in the Southern Highlands.

It will be a hurb as it will hasten business operations in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region and cut down transport costs and time spent, the RC says. The availability of suitable land for diverse use means that the investors have a wide spectrum of choices on what to invest and where.

The available land can be used for agriculture, forest plantation, real estates construction of up-to-date modern universities or hospitals, agro-processing industries and the like. Mbeya is a large market for investment. On top of that, the market can be extended to Mbeya's neighbours such as Iringa, Ruvuma and Rukwa regions.

The investors can also find markets beyond Tanzania's borders. These include the three regional markets of east, central and Southern Africa. As the population in these countries is high, the investors can be assured of large market.

Mr Mwakipesile says Mbeya City Council has set aside two pieces of land for investment purposes. “We have set aside Lwambi as a planned residential area and an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is also to be built close to the residential area.” He said Isyesye is also earmarked as a residential cum commercial area.

The National Housing Corporation (NHC) has already approached Mbeya City Council for a place to build over 100 multi-storey houses. It is expected that the airport will spur investments in agriculture especially in crops like tea, coffee, cotton, cocoa and tobacco, among others.

The new airport is also expected to boost mining activities since the Southern Highlands Zone is famous for minerals like coal, gold, iron-ore and gemstones. The region is also rich in tourist attraction sites including Ruaha National Park and Kipengrere, Katavi and Ihefu Game Reserves.

Despite the fact that Mbeya region is well endowed with forests and game reserved areas like Gua in Chunya and Madibira in Mbarali, wildlife activities are still not fully developed. The Lukwati, Lwipa, Kipembawe, North Lupa and Kalongali forest areas comprise a total area of 990.36 square kilometres suitable for both wood harvesting and tourist hunting.

It is also expected to promote bee-keeping because Mbeya Region is rich in Miombo woodlands, characterized by rich melliferous species. The Miombo woodloads are usually preferred and most suitable for nursing bee-colonies. Ms Jacquiline Mkindi, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) is optimistic that the airport will boost up horticulture exports, hence, improve the welfare of farmers and the country in general.

She noted that Songwe International Airport could be used as an airfreight hub for horticultural produce from the Southern Highlands regions where the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers and other horticultural crops has picked up in recent years. According to the TAHA executive, many horticultural exporters still preferred to use the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in neighbouring Kenya than local airports because of efficiency and lower airfreight charges.

For years, most of the horticultural farmers, exporters, dealers, processors and input suppliers have been concentrated around Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions mainly due to easy access to airfreight services at KIA. However, in recent years, the industry has extended its operations to smallholder farmers in various parts of the country with the southern highlands showing a great potential, according to her.

Major plans ahead by the association include to establish an efficient and effective marketing and information system and to set up a centre for excellence for horticultural practical training centre. The Mbeya and neighbouring regions have human resource potential that guarantee qualitative and quantitative products and services in all investment aspects.

And with the existence of improved transport infrastructure, Mr Mwakipesile says, Mbeya region will be an effective entry and gateway for trade and business into Eastern, Central and Southern Africa. The region, he says, has a location advantage in terms of its centrality to other countries. In this case Mbeya becomes accessible hence easy to make an investment venture.

He implored both local and foreign investors to exploit the construction of the international airport and the abundant investment opportunities the region has to go to Mbeya.

[tanzan]

According to The East African newspaper dated November 14-20,2011 that Kilimanjaro Airport to get $39m facelift.

[kiligoland]

Originally Posted by tanzan

According to The East African newspaper dated November 14-20,2011 that Kilimanjaro Airport to get $39m facelift.

kilimanjaro airport

image hosted on flickr

Flickr 上 The British Monarchy 的 The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall spend a final day in Tanzania

[TZBoy]

Information has been coming in fast and furious in recent weeks, with news chasing news of yet another major international gateway, and even secondary airports being upgraded, expanded and renovated to finally give aviation the state of the art facilities air operators have been demanding in past years as traffic grew and terminals and aircraft parking stands congested more and more.

The operator of JRO, the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company or in short KADCO, is finally living up to its name and is now set to invest up to 39 million US Dollars in giving the airport a long overdue development via a facelift and an initially modest expansion.

The airport, now about 40 years old, still has the same aged terminal and facilities and little else to attract casual visitors other than passengers who arrive or depart from JRO, and while passenger numbers now top the half million mark per annum, a threefold increase over the past decade and a half in comparison to Nairobi or Entebbe where numbers were rising much more swiftly, is in urgent need to get a new look. To be able to attract airlines flying to JRO it is however also the cost structure which has often been critizised by air operators, claiming JRO is too expensive in comparison with its main competitors in the region, so KADCO has its work cut out for sure to find a more balanced approach.

The company reportedly sourced a 30 million US Dollars loan, making up the balance of capital need to accomplish the project over the next three year from other sources.

Arusha and Moshi, the nearest municipalities to the airport, are the gateways to the so called northern safari circuit of Arusha National Park, Lake Manyara, Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti while Moshi serves as a base for climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africas tallest mountain.

Watch this space for regular updates from the Eastern African and Indian Ocean islands aviation scene.

by Wolfgang's East Africa and Indian Ocean Tourism reports
http://wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/...and-expansion/

[bantugbro]

Great news for Kili...

[kiligoland]

Julius Nyerere Int Airport gets facelift

THE Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) has renovated the runway and made mechanical improvement of the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam.

The Minister for transport Mr Omari Nundu said on Wednesday that the expansion has boosted the airport's capacity as it is now able to handle 30flights per hour instead of the previous eight. Mr Nundu said that the renovation has led to significant reduction in daily queues of aircrafts landing and taking-off from the airport.

''We are proud that the airport is now in good shape - The work included major renovation of the aircraft runway and the aircraft parking area,'' he said.

Mr Nundu was speaking in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday at the climax of the International Civil Aviation Day (ICAD) held at the TCAA grounds.

He said plans were underway to construct a standard terminal building to cater for the increasing number of passengers at the airport, adding that the construction of Songwe airport and the renovation of 17 other airports around the country would also be completed this month. Meanwhile, the civil aviation activities in the country have grown rapidly in recent years with aircraft movements increasing from 112,821 in 2000 to 181,240 in 2010, representing an increase of 61 per cent in 10 year period.

The TCAA Director General Mr Fadhili Manongi said that the number of passengers at the airports had increased three fold during the same period from 1,206,821 to 3,027,512, being an increase of 151 per cent.

He said his authority was actively involved in regional efforts to enhance safety and ensure efficient provision of services since air transportation plays a key role in socio-economic development of any nation.

''Our country is endowed with substantial resources and air transport has a key role in ensuring that tourism, mining and agriculture activities take their rightful places in economic development of the country,'' he said.
This year's ICAD Day was marked with the theme ''Assistance and Cooperation for globally Sustainable Air Transport'' emphasising safe, secured and sustainable air transport through collaborative efforts by International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO) contracting states.

Meanwhile, the TCAA has been awarded with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001, 2008 certificate of quality management this year. According to Mr Manongi, the award came after a special audit by the ACM based in UK that declared TCAA as the second best in Africa, South of Sahara.

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[TZBoy]

thats a good start

[Kigali_Paris]

Hi

Here is the link to the latest trip report covering few airpot in your country (Kigoma, Mwanza, Dar, Zanzibar and Arusha) :


http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/204340/

PS: a big thumbs up to TANZAN, who helped me a lot

[TZBoy]

Is Songwe International Airport done? anyone know.

[TZBoy]

Renovation of the Kilimanjaro International Airport will start in January as part of efforts to improve services at the 40 year old airport to meet the demands of increased tourist flows in Northern Tanzania.

The services would include modest expansion as well as overhauling and resurfacing of the runway, taxiways and aprons, according to Kadco CEO Marco van de Kreeke.“A new taxiway will be built to increase the capacity of the airport and the terminal building will be upgraded and expanded to accommodate the growing flow of tourists into Northern Tanzania,” Mr Marco said in a statement made available to The Citizen yesterday.

The renovation would start with the design phase, which will be done by the Netherlands Airport Consultants (Naco) at the cost of Sh920 million. The design phase is expected to take about eight months.

The Sh57.5 billion renovation project is the first major facelift since the airport was inaugurated in 1971. The renovation funds come from a grant provided in November by the the Kingdom of Netherlands and from Kadco’s own resources.

Passenger traffic through the airport is expected to reach 650,000 this year from about 200,000 in 2002, a threefold increase over the past decade. Kadco management is negotiating with a number of international flag carriers to open new routes to KIA. Airlines that currently operate at the airport include PrecisionAir, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Rwanda Air, Congo Air and Ethiopian Airlines and Flight 540.

The statement said that once the Development Phase is completed and the design is approved, the Dutch government will provide a second grant to cover 50 per cent of the cost of the actual rehabilitation and the other 50 per cent is to be financed by Kadco through the airport’s revenue, adding that tendering and actual works are foreseen to take place in 2013/2014.

By The Citizen Correspondent
http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/business...starts-january

[lady gaga]

Operating from the airline’s hub in Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, all seven new routes will be launched over the next few months. They will join previously announced Baku and Tbilisi, the capital cities of Azerbaijan and Georgia, respectively, which are will become part of Qatar Airways’ family of routes from February 1.

Speaking at the Dubai Air Show today, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker unveiled the new destinations, stressing the airline’s relentless expansion strategy was continuing with vigour.

“We are continuing what we started back in 1997 when Qatar Airways was launched with new routes and new aircraft being introduced at an unprecedented rate to further strengthen what is truly a global network airline,” said Al Baker.

“Our mission has been to operate to key business and leisure destinations around the world, but also to underserved markets where others dare not venture into. We take bold decisions to serve certain markets because we believe it makes strong business sense.

“Today’s announcement shows the confidence Qatar Airways has in such a diverse range of destinations. We look forward to offering even greater choice to the travelling public that they so deserve.”

The announcement of Perth – Qatar Airways’ second route in Australia – comes almost two years after the launch of the airline’s first route Down Under, to Melbourne.

In Europe, where the airline has launched seven routes this year, the addition of Helsinki and Zagreb will further strengthen its presence on the continent. Helsinki will become the fourth Nordic route served by Qatar Airways, with already successful operations in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo.

Qatar Airways’ African expansion which, in the past two weeks, has included route launches to Entebbe in Uganda and the Libyan port city of Benghazi – the first on the African continent since 2007 – will see three more destinations added in the region next year.

Kigali, rich in mining and capital of Rwanda, together with Kenya’s second largest city and popular tourist centre of Mombasa, and the mystic spice island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean, will significantly boost the airline’s African network, to where it already flies to 16 cities.

Flights to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be added with the launch of a new route to Gassim, the carrier’s fifth destination in the country, a market to where Qatar Airways has raised capacity by more than doubling frequency in recent months to Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Medina.

Qatar Airways, one of the fastest growing airlines in the world, currently operates a modern fleet of 102 Airbus and Boeing aircraft to 109 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America from its Doha hub.

The airline’s aggressive 2011 expansion programme has so far seen the launch of flights to 14 destinations – Bucharest (Romania), Budapest (Hungary), Brussels (Belgium), Stuttgart (Germany), Aleppo (Syria), Shiraz (Iran), Venice (Italy), Montreal (Canada), Medina (Saudi Arabia), Kolkata (India), Sofia (Bulgaria), Oslo (Norway), Benghazi (Libya) and Entebbe (Uganda).

The Chinese city of Chongqing becomes Qatar Airways’ final new route of 2011, being launched as its fifth gateway in China on November 28.

Recently named Airline of the Year 2011 by global industry audit Skytrax, award-winning Qatar Airways will operate over 120 aircraft to more than 120 destinations worldwide by 2013

[lady gaga]

Congrats Zanzibar

[kiligoland]

Originally Posted by lady gaga

Congrats Zanzibar

[lady gaga]

They shouldv been opening Port Sudan route first btw great addition to Zanzibar Airport

[lady gaga]

Oman Air Tanzania Operation Changes in S12
by JL
Update at 0720GMT 27JAN12

Oman Air from 25MAR12 is increasing service to Zanzibar from 3 weekly to 5 weekly, which continues to Dar es Salaam. Overall service to Dar es Salaam remains Daily, although nonstop in both direction will operate twice weekly instead of four.

Schedule:

WY717 MCT1030 – 1450ZNZ1540 – 1615DAR 738 x13
WY717 DAR1715 – 2340MCT 738 x13

WY715 MCT1050 – 1500DAR 738 13
WY716 DAR1600 – 2225MCT 738 13