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 who 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 arrive at or depart from the airport.
2017–2018
Passenger traffic RankAirportCityRegionNumber of passengers FY 2018Number of passengers FY 2017% changeRank change1Julius Nyerere International AirportDar-es-salaamDar es Salaam2,417,0902,385,456 1.323Kilimanjaro International AirportKilimanjaroKilimanjaro1,897,7081,832,895 12.782Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibarZanzibar1,006,3001,029,999 7.334Mwanza AirportMwanzaMwanza399,054398,102 0.235Arusha AirportArushaArusha229,366192,233 19.316Songwe AirportMbeyaMbeya114,863118,884 -3.387Bukoba AirportBukobaKagera52,10245,622 14.20 18Dodoma AirportDodomaDodoma47,39631,605 49.96 -19Lake Manyara AirportLake ManyaraArusha41,07535,547 15.5510Kigoma AirportKigomaKigoma33,45928,444 17.6311Tanga AirportTangaTanga25,67027,477 -6.57 112Mafia AirportMafia IslandPwani25,63123,615 8.53 113Tabora AirportTaboraTabora25,48418,217 39.89 -214Mtwara AirportMtwaraMtwara20,71024,462 -15.33 115Iringa AirportIringaIringa10,01311,137 -10.09 -116Musoma AirportMusomaMara7,93113,154 -39.70 117Kahama AirstripKahamaShinyanga5,3414,035 32.36 -118Songea AirportSongeaRuvuma4,9039,823 -50.08 219Kasulu AirportKasuluKigoma3,7881,671 126.69 -120Loliondo AirstripLoliondoArusha2,4502,417 1.36 -121Moshi AirportMoshiKilimanjaro2,3942,260 5.9222Morogoro AirportMorogoroMorogoro2,0841,557 33.84Source: Tanzania Airport Authority
Aircraft movements RankAirportCityRegionAircraft movements FY 2018Aircraft movements FY 2017% changeRank change1Julius Nyerere International AirportDar-es-salaamDar es Salaam71,42074,286 -3.854Kilimanjaro International AirportKilimanjaroKilimanjaro80,27168,706 26.422Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibarZanzibar57,49357,551 -0.103Arusha AirportArushaArusha27,04823,392 15.635Mwanza AirportMwanzaMwanza11,78813,095 -9.986Lake Manyara AirportLake ManyaraArusha8,5487,448 14.777Dodoma AirportDodomaDodoma4,5194,004 12.86 18Tanga AirportTangaTanga3,7614,681 -19.65 -19Mafia AirportMafia IslandPwani3,6203,642 -0.6010Musoma AirportMusomaMara1,9321,838 5.11 211Songwe AirportMbeyaMbeya1,9321,959 -1.3812Iringa AirportIringaIringa1,7331,808 -4.15 113Tabora AirportTaboraTabora1,6871,572 7.32 114Bukoba AirportBukobaKagera1,5682,302 -31.88 -415Moshi AirportMoshiKilimanjaro1,4881,006 47.91 116Kigoma AirportKigomaKigoma1,2091,192 1.43 -117Mtwara AirportMtwaraMtwara886972 -8.8418Loliondo AirstripLoliondoArusha676606 11.5519Morogoro AirportMorogoroMorogoro525480 9.3720Kasulu AirportKasuluKigoma451310 45.48 221Kahama AirstripKahamaShinyanga435388 12.1122Songea AirportSongeaRuvuma374452 -17.25 -2Source: Tanzania Airport Authority
Cargo tonnage RankAirportCityRegionCargo tonnage FY 2018Cargo tonnage FY 2017% changeRank change1Julius Nyerere International AirportDar-es-salaamDar es Salaam16,16217,031 -5.102Kilimanjaro International AirportKilimanjaroKilimanjaro3,1032,646 17.27 13Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibarZanzibar2,3664,462 -46.97 -14Mwanza AirportMwanzaMwanza2,1092,277 -7.375Songwe AirportMbeyaMbeya747649 15.106Dodoma AirportDodomaDodoma1567 2128.57 77Bukoba AirportBukobaKagera5536 52.778Arusha AirportArushaArusha5525 120 19Kasulu AirportKasuluKigoma429 366.66 310Mtwara AirportMtwaraMtwara4136 13.88 -311Kahama AirstripKahamaShinyanga3619 89.47 -112Songea AirportSongeraRuvuma235 360 213Iringa AirportIringaIringa181 1700 214Kigoma AirportKigomaKigoma1212 0 -315Musoma AirportMusomaMara645 -86.66 -916Moshi AirportMoshiKilimanjaro21 100 -117Tabora AirportTaboraTabora21 100 -2Source: Tanzania Airport Authority
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