Kilimanjaro International Airport
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IATA: JRO – ICAO: HTKJ – WMO: 63791 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | KADCO | ||||||||||
| Serves | Arusha and Moshi | ||||||||||
| Location | Hai District, Tanzania | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,932 ft / 894 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 03°25′46″S 37°04′28″E / 3.42944°S 37.07444°ECoordinates: 03°25′46″S 37°04′28″E / 3.42944°S 37.07444°E | ||||||||||
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Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) (IATA: JRO, ICAO: HTKJ) is an international airport in northern Tanzania that serves the cities of Arusha and Moshi. The airport facilitates the tourism industry for visitors travelling to Mount Kilimanjaro National Park, Arusha National Park, Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, and elsewhere. The airport bills itself as the "Gateway to Africa's Wildlife Heritage".[2]
Overview
Many international visitors also go to national parks in Tanzania, to the Indian Ocean coast, to islands such as Zanzibar, and to Lake Victoria, reflected in the routes of connecting flights. Despite its small size, the airport can handle aircraft as large as Boeing 747s and Antonov 124s.[2] The airport served 665,147 passengers in 2012, a 3.7 percent increase over 2011.[1]
On 19 February 2014, the governments of Tanzania and the Netherlands signed a grant arrangement to rehabilitate the airport, including its aprons, taxiways, and terminal building. The total cost of the project is expected to be EURO 35.5 million, with EURO 15.0 million funded by the Netherlands and the remainder by Tanzania. The already completed design phase was financed entirely by the Dutch government.[3]
History
Kilimanjaro Airport opened on 2 December 1971 and cost US$13 million to build. The construction was financed by a long term loan from the Italian government.[4] In 1998, it became the first international airport in Africa to be privatised and is operated by the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company.[2]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines maintain regular, scheduled passenger and cargo service to Kilimanjaro International Airport.[5][6]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Airkenya Express | Nairobi-Wilson |
| Coastal Aviation | Arusha, Manyara, Serengeti, Mwanza, Entebbe, Kigali, Zanzibar |
| Condor | Frankfurt |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa |
| Fastjet | Dar es Salaam, Entebbe,[7] Mwanza[8] |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Precision Air | Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Kigoma, Mwanza, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Zanzibar |
| Qatar Airways | Dar es Salaam |
| Regional Air Services | Arusha, Manyara |
| RwandAir | Kigali |
| Safarilink Aviation | Nairobi-Wilson |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Swahili)"Waziri wa Uchukuzi awasilisha Bungeni Makadirio ya Mapato na Matumizi ya Fedha ya Mwaka 2013/2014", Tanzania Ministry of Transport, page 60
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "KIA at a Glance", Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company
- ↑ "Tanzania and the Netherlands to rehabilitate KIA", Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company
- ↑ "Tanzania Airport Opens", The New York Times, 2 December 1971
- ↑ "Airline Operators". Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company. 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ↑ Partial Listing of Scheduled Airlines At KIA
- ↑ "Fastjet Entebbe Operation Changes from late-March 2015". Airline Route. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Fastjet Expands Domestic Service from late-March 2015". Airline Route. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Airport information for HTKJ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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