List of the busiest airports in Tanzania

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

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

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

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

References
  1. "Tanzania Airport Statistics 2018". TAA. Archived from the original on 2020-07-12.
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