Kigoma Airport is an airport in western
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
serving
Kigoma
Kigoma is a city and lake port in Kigoma-Ujiji District in Tanzania, on the northeastern shores of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma ...
. It is located at the east area of
Ujiji
Ujiji is the oldest town in western Tanzania and is located in Kigoma-Ujiji District of Kigoma Region. Originally a Swahili settlement and then an Arab slave trading post by the mid-nineteenth century nominally under the Sultanate of Zanziba ...
. The government of Tanzania is planning to improve the airport. The Kigoma
non-directional beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are i ...
(Ident: KG) is located on the field. Ground handling at the airport is conducted by the Livingstone Aviation Services Limited.
Airlines and Destinations
Gallery
Kigoma departure and VIP terminal.jpg, The VIP and the Departures terminal.
Kigoma Airport Pub.jpg, The airport pub.
Accidents and incidents
*9 April 2012:
Air Tanzania
Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) () is the flag carrier airline of Tanzania. It is based in Dar es Salaam, with its Airline hub, hub at Julius Nyerere International Airport.
It was established as Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) in 1977 aft ...
de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 5H-MWG was written off after an aborted take off. All 39 people on board survived.
See also
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List of airports in Tanzania
List of airports in Tanzania is a partial list of aerodromes (airports and airstrips) in Tanzania.
The ICAO airport codes for Tanzania begin with the letters "HT".
Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s).
Runway info ...
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Transport in Tanzania Tanzania’s transport system comprises road, rail, air, and maritime infrastructure, serving both domestic mobility and international trade through key ports like Dar es Salaam . The road network is long, of which is classified as trunk road and ...
References
External links
OurAirports - Kigoma*
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Airports in Tanzania
Buildings and structures in the Kigoma Region
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