Airports: Tanzania
The METAR and TAF decoder database holds 85 airports in Tanzania. 32 of them have an IATA code and every one has an ICAO code, which in this country starts with HT. For every airport on the list below the site shows the current METAR and the TAF forecast decoded into plain English, together with a map, runway data and a clock in the airport's local time.
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All airports in Tanzania
- Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (Zanzibar) HTZA
- Amani Beach Airport (Somangira) HTAG
- Arusha Airport HTAR
- Beho Beho Airstrip HTBO
- Biharamulo Airport HTBH
- Bukoba Airport HTBU
- Bulyanhulu Airport (Bubada) HTBN
- Chato/Geita Airport (Chato District) HTGE
- Chunya Airport HTCH
- Dodoma Airport HTDO
- Endulen Airport HTEN
- Fish Eagle Airport (Ibolero) HTFE
- Fort Ikoma Airport HTFI
- Golden Pride Mines Airport HTGP
- Haidom Airport HTHY
- Inyonga Airport HTIY
- Iringa Airport (Nduli) HTIR
- Julius Nyerere International Airport (Dar es Salaam) HTDA
- Kasense Airport HTKN
- Kasulu Airport HTKU
- Kibambawe Airstrip (Selous Game Reserve) HTBB
- Kibondo Airport HTKB
- Kigoma Airport HTKA
- Kilimanjaro International Airport (Arusha) HTKJ
- Kilimatinde Airport HTKT
- Kilosa Airport HTKS
- Kilwa Airport (Kilwa Masoko) HTKI
- Kirawira B Aerodrome (Grumeti Game Reserve) HTGR
- Kirondatal Airport HTKL
- Klein's Camp Airport HTKC
- Kondoa Airport HTKD
- Kongwa Airport HTKO
- Lake Manyara Airport (Lake Manyara National Park) HTLM
- Lindi Airport HTLI
- Liuli Airport HTLL
- Loliondo Airport HTLD
- Mafia Airport (Kilindoni) HTMA
- Mafinga Airport HTSH
- Mahale Airstrip HTML
- Makau Airport HTMH
- Manyoni Airport HTMN
- Masasi Airport HTMI
- Maswa Airstrip (Nyalikungu) HTMC
- Matambwe Airport HTME
- Mbesa Airport (Mbesa Mission) HTBS
- Mbeya Airport HTMB
- Mchauru Airport (Geita) HTRU
- Mikumi Airport HTMK
- Mombo Airport HTMO
- Morogoro Airport HTMG
- Moshi Airport HTMS
- Mpanda Airport HTMP
- Mpwapwa Airport HTMX
- Msembe Airport HTMR
- Mtwara Airport HTMT
- Mufindi Airport HTMF
- Musoma Airport HTMU
- Mvumi Airport HTMV
- Mwadui Airport HTMD
- Mwanza International Airport HTMW
- Nachingwea Airport HTNA
- Nansio Airport (Ukerewe) HTUK
- Ndutu Airport HTND
- Ngara Airport HTNR
- Ngerengere Air Force Base HTNG
- Njombe Airport HTNJ
- Oltipesi Airport HTOL
- Pemba Airport (Chake Chake) HTPE
- Same Airport HTSE
- Sanzale Airport (Bagamoyo) HTXX
- Seronera Airport HTSN
- Shinyanga Airport HTSY
- Singida Airport HTSD
- Siwandu Airport HTZW
- Songea Airport HTSO
- Songo Songo Airstrip (Songo Songo Island) HTSS
- Songwe Airport (Mbeya) HTGW
- Sumbawanga Airport HTSU
- Tabora Airport HTTB
- Tanga Airport HTTG
- Tunduru Airport HTTU
- Urambo Airport HTUR
- Utete Airport HTUT
- Uvinza Airport HTUV
- West Kilimanjaro Airport HTWK
Largest airports in Tanzania
The most significant airports in the database for this country are Kilimanjaro International Airport (Arusha) (HTKJ/JRO), Mwanza International Airport (HTMW/MWZ), Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (Zanzibar) (HTZA/ZNZ), Julius Nyerere International Airport (Dar es Salaam) (HTDA/DAR) and Songwe Airport (Mbeya) (HTGW/MBI).
Weather reports identify an airport by its four-letter ICAO code, not by the IATA code - which is why the METAR for HTKJ is available even for airports with no ticketing code. The airports of Tanzania are spread across 79 municipalities listed in the database.
Airports by classification
How the airports break down: small airports and airfields - 73; medium-sized airports - 8; large airports - 4.
The classification comes from OurAirports and describes the size of the infrastructure, not passenger traffic. Regular METAR and TAF reports come mostly from the larger airports; small airfields often publish none at all - in that case the nearest reporting station is listed in the "nearby airports" section of the airport page.
Geographic span and time zones
The northernmost airport in the database is Bukoba Airport (HTBU/BKZ) (1°20'S), the southernmost is Mbesa Airport (Mbesa Mission) (HTBS) (11°20'S). East to west the extremes are Mtwara Airport (HTMT/MYW) (40°11'E) and Kigoma Airport (HTKA/TKQ) (29°40'E).
The highest airport is Loliondo Airport (HTLD) at 6,620 ft / 2,018 m above sea level, the lowest is Songo Songo Airstrip (Songo Songo Island) (HTSS) (24 ft / 7 m). Elevation matters when reading a report: METAR cloud bases are given above aerodrome level, not above mean sea level.
The airports here sit in 5 time zones: Africa/Bujumbura, Africa/Dar_es_Salaam, Africa/Lubumbashi, Africa/Maputo and Africa/Nairobi. METAR and TAF are always issued in UTC (the "Z" suffix), which is why every airport page runs a clock in the airport's own local time next to the report.
METAR and TAF for airports in Tanzania
Each airport page shows the raw METAR plus a full decode: flight category (VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR), wind direction and speed with gusts, visibility, weather phenomena, cloud layers with their bases, temperature, dew point and QNH pressure. The TAF forecast is split into its validity periods including the change groups (BECMG, TEMPO, PROB).
METAR is normally issued every 30 or 60 minutes and TAF four times a day, with extra amendments when conditions change. The data comes from the Aviation Weather Center (NOAA) and is fetched live on every visit.