ARK

Arusha Airport

ICAO HTAR3.3678°S 36.6333°E1,387 m / 4,550 ftMedium airport
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Arusha Airport (IATA: ARK, ICAO: HTAR) is a medium airport in Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania. It opened in 1953. It has one runway, 1,639 m (5,377 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 164 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1953–1953
1953
OpenedArusha Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
DeparturesArrivals
09/27093° / 273°
LENGTH1,639 m5,377 ftWIDTH32 m105 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

7 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsZanAir 4Regional Air Services 3As Salaam Air 3Tropical Air 2Precision Air 2Air Tanzania 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ARK. From the Wikipedia article “Arusha Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers164K (2016)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,627of 3,974 · #107 Africa · #5 TZLongest runway1,639 m5,377 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=5,661of 29,823 · #585 Africa · #15 TZElevation1,387 m4,550 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=2,603of 43,341 · #483 Africa · #38 TZAgeOpened 19532026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,935of 15,079 · =50 Africa · #1 TZRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =176 Africa · =5 TZ
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR118.400