# Bukoba Airport (BKZ / HTBU)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BKZ / HTBU
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Bukoba, Kagera Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 1,153 m / 3,784 ft
- Coordinates: -1.3320, 31.8212
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,382 m / 4,535 ft
- Passengers: 44,489 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukoba_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3362557
- Weather station: HTBU · WMO 63729
- Ident: HTBU

## Timeline

- 6 Nov 2022: Precision Air Flight 494. 19 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,382 m / 4,535 ft | 28 m / 93 ft | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 25,943 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 28,693 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 31,914 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 33,138 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 45,450 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 44,489 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [TZ-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0023.md) Rubondo Airport · Tanzania · 108 km / 67 mi · Auric Air
- [MWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmw.md) Mwanza International Airport · Tanzania · 175 km / 109 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Precision Air
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 1,025 km / 637 mi · Precision Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- UI [Auric Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/auric-air) · 2
- PW [Precision Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/precision-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 | 44K (2020) | #2,130 of 3,974 | #143 in Africa | #7 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 1,382 m / 4,535 ft | #8,035 of 29,858 | #715 in Africa | #20 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,153 m / 3,784 ft | #3,897 of 43,403 | #891 in Africa | #87 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0069](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0069.md) Kagera Sugar Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [UG-0003](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0003.md) Mutukula Airport · 62 km / 38 mi
- [TZ-0072](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0072.md) Ihanda Airstrip · 83 km / 52 mi
- [TZ-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0023.md) Rubondo Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [TZ-0144](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0144.md) Milambi Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [UG-0014](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ug-0014.md) Bukasa Airport · 128 km / 80 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: “Bukoba Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bukoba_Airport&oldid=1363023097), 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/htbu/data