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Julius Nyerere International Airport

ICAO HTDA6.8735°S 39.2073°E56 m / 182 ftLarge airport
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Julius Nyerere International Airport (IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA) is a large airport in Dar es Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam Region, Tanzania. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 m (9,843 ft). It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2019 it handled 2.5 million passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 2 DomesticTerminal 3 International
05/23045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH3,000 m9,843 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt
14/32135° / 315°
LENGTH1,000 m3,280 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2008–2019
1.5M
1.4M
1.6M
1.8M
2.1M
2.3M
2.5M
2.5M
2.5M
2.4M
2.4M
2.5M
080910111213141516171819

Routes

51 destinations · 26 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miZNZ · Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · 72 km / 45 miMFA · Mafia Airport · 127 km / 79 miPMA · Pemba Airport · 192 km / 119 miTGT · Tanga Airport · 199 km / 124 miMBA · Moi International Airport · 319 km / 198 miTZ-0145 · Msalato International Airport (under construction) · 388 km / 241 miDOD · Dodoma Airport · 389 km / 242 miIRI · Iringa Airport · 391 km / 243 miMYW · Mtwara Airport · 400 km / 249 miJRO · Kilimanjaro International Airport · 450 km / 280 miARK · Arusha Airport · 483 km / 300 miSGX · Songea Airport · 581 km / 361 miNBO · Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 667 km / 414 miHAH · Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport · 684 km / 425 miMBI · Songwe Airport · 692 km / 430 miTBO · Tabora Airport · 733 km / 455 miKBH · Kahama Airstrip · 796 km / 495 miSUT · Sumbawanga Airport · 846 km / 526 miMWZ · Mwanza International Airport · 852 km / 529 miNPY · Mpanda Airport · 899 km / 559 miDZA · Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport · 937 km / 582 miGTC · Chato/Geita Airport · 949 km / 590 miLLW · Kamuzu International Airport · 971 km / 603 miBKZ · Bukoba Airport · 1,025 km / 637 miEBB · Entebbe International Airport · 1,074 km / 667 miTKQ · Kigoma Airport · 1,078 km / 670 miBLZ · Chileka International Airport · 1,082 km / 672 miKGL · Kigali International Airport · 1,143 km / 710 miBJM · Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · 1,164 km / 723 miNLA · Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · 1,352 km / 840 miFBM · Lubumbashi International Airport · 1,384 km / 860 miLUN · Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · 1,503 km / 934 miHRE · Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · 1,512 km / 940 miADD · Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · 1,763 km / 1,095 miSEZ · Seychelles International Airport · 1,821 km / 1,132 miVFA · Victoria Falls International Airport · 1,912 km / 1,188 miJNB · O.R. Tambo International Airport · 2,437 km / 1,514 miFIH · Ndjili International Airport · 2,644 km / 1,643 miCPT · Cape Town International Airport · 3,683 km / 2,289 miDOH · Hamad International Airport · 3,818 km / 2,372 miMCT · Muscat International Airport · 3,972 km / 2,468 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 3,977 km / 2,471 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 4,196 km / 2,607 miLOS · Murtala Muhammed International Airport · 4,253 km / 2,643 miACC · Kotoka International Airport · 4,584 km / 2,848 miBOM · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · 4,683 km / 2,910 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 5,459 km / 3,392 miVKO · Vnukovo International Airport · 6,948 km / 4,317 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 7,345 km / 4,564 miLGW · London Gatwick Airport · 7,468 km / 4,640 miCAN · Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · 8,710 km / 5,412 miCANLGWVKOISTBOMACCCAIDXBCPTFIHJNBVFASEZADDFBMBJMBLZDZANBOSGXMBAAMSLOSDOHHRELUNEBBNPYMWZARKMYWIRIMCTNLAKGLTKQBKZLLWSUTKBHTBOHAHDODTGTPMAZNZGTCMBIMFADAR
Year-round51
ZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Coastal Aviation +272 km45 miMFAMafia AirportTanzania · Auric Air, Coastal Aviation127 km79 miPMAPemba AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Coastal Aviation192 km119 miTGTTanga AirportTanzania · Auric Air, Coastal Aviation199 km124 miMBAMoi International AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines319 km198 miMsalato International Airport (under construction)Tanzania · Air Tanzania388 km241 miDODDodoma AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania389 km242 miIRIIringa AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Auric Air391 km243 miMYWMtwara AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Precision Air400 km249 miJROKilimanjaro International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Precision Air450 km280 miARKArusha AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Flightlink, Precision Air483 km300 miSGXSongea AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania581 km361 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Skyward Airlines, Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways +1667 km414 miHAHPrince Said Ibrahim International AirportComoros · Air Tanzania684 km425 miMBISongwe AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania692 km430 miTBOTabora AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania733 km455 miKBHKahama AirstripTanzania · Precision Air796 km495 miSUTSumbawanga AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania846 km526 miMWZMwanza International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Flightlink +1852 km529 miNPYMpanda AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania899 km559 miDZADzaoudzi Pamandzi International AirportMayotte · Ewa Air937 km582 miGTCChato/Geita AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania949 km590 miLLWKamuzu International AirportMalawi · Malawi Airlines971 km603 miBKZBukoba AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania1,025 km637 miEBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines1,074 km667 miTKQKigoma AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania1,078 km670 miBLZChileka International AirportMalawi · Malawi Airlines1,082 km672 miKGLKigali International AirportRwanda · RwandAir1,143 km710 miBJMBujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International AirportBurundi · Air Tanzania1,164 km723 miNLASimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International AirportZambia · Air Tanzania1,352 km840 miFBMLubumbashi International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Air Tanzania1,384 km860 miLUNKenneth Kaunda International AirportZambia · Zambia Airways, Air Tanzania1,503 km934 miHRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · Air Tanzania, Air Zimbabwe1,512 km940 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines1,763 km1,095 miSEZSeychelles International AirportSeychelles · Air Tanzania1,821 km1,132 miVFAVictoria Falls International AirportZimbabwe · Air Tanzania1,912 km1,188 miJNBO.R. Tambo International AirportSouth Africa · Air Tanzania, Airlink2,437 km1,514 miFIHNdjili International AirportCongo - Kinshasa · Air Tanzania2,644 km1,643 miCPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · Air Tanzania3,683 km2,289 miDOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways3,818 km2,372 miMCTMuscat International AirportOman · Air Tanzania, Oman Air3,972 km2,468 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, Emirates, Air Tanzania3,977 km2,471 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · EgyptAir4,196 km2,607 miLOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Air Tanzania4,253 km2,643 miACCKotoka International AirportGhana · Air Tanzania4,584 km2,848 miBOMChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportIndia · IndiGo, Air Tanzania4,683 km2,910 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines5,459 km3,392 miVKOVnukovo International AirportRussia · Air Tanzania6,948 km4,317 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM7,345 km4,564 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Tanzania7,468 km4,640 miCANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · Air Tanzania8,710 km5,412 mi
Most destinationsAir Tanzania 38Precision Air 7Auric Air 6Coastal Aviation 4Flightlink 3Skyward Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from DAR. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Julius Nyerere International Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.5M (2019)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#517of 3,974 · #23 Africa · #1 TZLongest runway3,000 m9,843 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,196of 29,823 · =185 Africa · #5 TZElevation56 m182 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,359of 43,341 · #2,794 Africa · #159 TZRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =2 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

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