# Arusha Airport (ARK / HTAR)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ARK / HTAR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania
- Opened: 1953
- Elevation: 1,387 m / 4,550 ft
- Coordinates: -3.3678, 36.6333
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,639 m / 5,377 ft
- Passengers: 164,419 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arusha_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430871
- Weather station: HTAR · WMO 63789
- Ident: HTAR

## Timeline

- 1953: Arusha Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,639 m / 5,377 ft | 32 m / 105 ft | Asphalt | 093° / 273° |  |

## Routes

7 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · Tanzania · 49 km / 30 mi · Regional Air Services
- [LKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htlm.md) Lake Manyara Airport · Tanzania · 90 km / 56 mi · Regional Air Services
- [SEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htsn.md) Seronera Airport · Tanzania · 225 km / 140 mi · As Salaam Air
- [MBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkmo.md) Moi International Airport · Kenya · 337 km / 209 mi · ZanAir
- [PMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htpe.md) Pemba Airport · Tanzania · 410 km / 255 mi · ZanAir
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 428 km / 266 mi · ZanAir, As Salaam Air, Air Tanzania, Regional Air Services, Tropical Air, Precision Air
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 483 km / 300 mi · ZanAir, As Salaam Air, Tropical Air, Precision Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ARK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (2)

- 8N [Regional Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/regional-air-services) · 3
- XLL [Air Excel](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-excel)

### Passenger (5)

- B4 [ZanAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zanair) · 4
- [As Salaam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/as-salaam-air) · 3
- PW [Precision Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/precision-air) · 2
- [Tropical Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tropical-air) · 2
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 164K (2016) | #1,627 of 3,974 | #107 in Africa | #5 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 1,639 m / 5,377 ft | =5,664 of 29,858 | #585 in Africa | #15 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,387 m / 4,550 ft | =2,608 of 43,403 | #483 in Africa | #38 in TZ |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =50 in Africa | #1 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
- [LKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htlm.md) Lake Manyara Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [ASV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkam.md) Amboseli Airport · 106 km / 66 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Arusha Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arusha_Airport&oldid=1363014343), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar/data