Tanga Airport
Airport located in Tanga Region, Tanzania
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TGT
Location of airport in Tanzania
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
06/24 | 1,255 | 4,117 | Asphalt |
14/32 | 1,388 | 4,554 | Grass |
Passengers | ![]() |
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Aircraft movements | ![]() |
Source: TAA[1] GCM[2] Google Maps[3]
Tanga Airport (IATA: TGT, ICAO: HTTG) (Uwanja wa Ndege wa Tanga, in Swahili) is a small domestic airport located in Mwanzange ward of Tanga City Council in Tanga Region, Tanzania. It is the sole airport in the regional capital city of Tanga.
It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city, off the A14 trunk road. The airport has scheduled flights to Arusha, Dar es Salaam and the Zanzibar Archipelago islands of Unguja and Pemba.
The Tanga non-directional beacon (Ident: TG) is located on the field.[4]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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As Salaam Air | Pemba |
Auric Air | Pemba, Zanzibar |
Coastal Aviation | Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Pemba, Zanzibar |
Traffic and statistics
Year | Passengers handled | Cargo (tonnes) | Aircraft movements |
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1999 | 918 | – | 314 |
2000 | 963 | – | 297 |
2001 | 3,407 | – | 782 |
2002 | 9,552 | – | 1,336 |
2003 | 5,864 | – | 1,084 |
2004 | 7,113 | – | 1,324 |
2005 | 7,153 | 11.857 | 1,250 |
2006 | 8,201 | 32.133 | 1,410 |
2007 | 7,705 | 30.310 | 1,289 |
2008 | 8,447 | 35.245 | 1,588 |
2009 | 9,759 | 45.121 | 1,534 |
2010 | 9,277 | 38.919 | 1,552 |
2011 | 13,509 | – | 2,286 |
2012 | 20,020 | 10.000 | 3,339 |
2013 | 21,271 | – | 3,444 |
See also
Tanzania portal
Aviation portal
- List of airports in Tanzania
- Transport in Tanzania
References
- ^ a b "Consolidated Traffic Statistics". Tanzania Airports Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Airport information for TGT at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Tanga Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
- ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
External links
Tanga Airport at Wikipedia's sister projects
Media from Commons
Data from Wikidata
- Tanzania Airports Authority
- SkyVector - Tanga Airport
- Accident history for TGT at Aviation Safety Network
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See also: Airstrips in Tanzania, List of the busiest airports