Zanzibar Airport
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| Zanzibar International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: ZNZ - ICAO: HTZA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Civil | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Serves | Zanzibar | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 54 ft (16 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 18/36 | 8,077 | 2,462 | Asphalt |
Zanzibar International Airport (IATA: ZNZ, ICAO: HTZA), also named Kisauni Airport, is the only airport on the island of Unguja, which together with Pemba Island forms the archipelago of Zanzibar, part of the United Republic of Tanzania. The airport is located approximately 6 km south of Stone Town.
The airport is currently served on a daily basis from all major East African airports such as Kilimanjaro Airport, Nairobi Airport, Arusha Airport, Mombasa Airport and Dar es Saalam Airport by airlines such as Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways and Precision Air. South African airlines currently serves Zanzibar on Wednesdays and Saturdays from Johannesburg. There are also a couple of holiday charters such as Air Italy offering direct flights from non-African destinations such as Milan, Rome, Verona and Luxor.
The airport is open 24 hours a day and also hosts a cafeteria and several snack and souvenir shops.
[edit] Statistics
Number of flights handled (2005): 14,302
Passenger Traffic (2005): 418,814
Cargo handled (2005): 566 tons
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- African Express Airways (Mombosa, Moroni)
- Air Tanzania (Dar Es Salaam, Kilimanjaro)
- Air Comores International (Moroni)
- Bankair Inc. (Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Pemba)
- Belair (Zurich)
- Comores Aviation (Moroni)
- Condor Airlines (Munich)
- Edelweiss Air (Zurich)
- Kenya Airways (Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam)
- Precision Air (Dar Es Salaam, Mombasa, Nairobi)
- South African Airways (Johannesburg, Dar Es Salaam)
