BKZ

Bukoba Airport

ICAO HTBU1.3320°S 31.8212°E1,153 m / 3,784 ftSmall airport
On the map

Bukoba Airport (IATA: BKZ, ICAO: HTBU) is a small airport in Bukoba, Kagera Region, Tanzania. It has one runway, 1,382 m (4,535 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2020 it handled 44 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 2022–2022
06 NOV 2022
DisasterPrecision Air Flight 494.19 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Bukoba Airport
13/31 · LIT
LENGTH1,382 m4,535 ftWIDTH28 m93 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2020
26K
29K
32K
33K
45K
44K
131415161920

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAuric Air 2Precision Air 2Air Tanzania 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers44K (2020)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,130of 3,974 · #143 Africa · #7 TZLongest runway1,382 m4,535 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#8,031of 29,823 · #715 Africa · #20 TZElevation1,153 m3,784 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#3,893of 43,341 · #891 Africa · #87 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