Airports in Tanzania

16 airports with scheduled flights, busiest first.

Tanzania has 16 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 4 of them large. The busiest are Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR, 2.5 million passengers, Wikidata, 2019), Mwanza International Airport (MWZ, 400,457 passengers, Wikidata, 2016) and Arusha Airport (ARK, 164,419 passengers, Wikidata, 2016).

Code Airport
DARJulius Nyerere International Airport
MWZMwanza International Airport
ARKArusha Airport
BKZBukoba Airport
TGTTanga Airport
TKQKigoma Airport
MFAMafia Airport
MYWMtwara Airport
TBOTabora Airport
MUZMusoma Airport
DODDodoma Airport
ZNZAbeid Amani Karume International Airport
JROKilimanjaro International Airport
MBISongwe Airport
SEUSeronera Airport
SHYShinyanga Airport

Busiest routes

Route Distance Passengers / year
DAR – IST5,438 km 106,942
AMS – JRO6,885 km 98,279
IST – ZNZ5,367 km 96,278
AMS – DAR7,327 km 80,800
FRA – ZNZ6,899 km 77,394
BOM – DAR4,677 km 69,968

Questions

Tanzania has 16 airports with scheduled passenger flights and an IATA code, 4 of them large airports (OurAirports, 14 October 2026). Airfields without airline service are not counted.