# Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR / HTDA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DAR / HTDA
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Owner: Tanzania
- Serves: Dar es Salaam, Dar-es-Salaam Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 56 m / 182 ft
- Coordinates: -6.8735, 39.2073
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,000 m / 9,843 ft
- Passengers: 2,472,885 (2019)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Website: http://www.tanzaniairports.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Nyerere_International_Airport (37 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411192
- Weather station: HTDA · WMO 63894
- Ident: HTDA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | 46 m / 151 ft | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |
| 14/32 | 1,000 m / 3,280 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 1,542,778 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 1,422,846 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,556,410 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,829,219 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,088,282 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,348,819 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 2,478,055 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 2,496,394 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,469,356 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 2,385,456 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 2,417,090 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 2,472,885 | Wikidata |

## Routes

51 destinations in 26 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (51)

- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 72 km / 45 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Coastal Aviation, Flightlink, Precision Air
- [MFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htma.md) Mafia Airport · Tanzania · 127 km / 79 mi · Auric Air, Coastal Aviation
- [PMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htpe.md) Pemba Airport · Tanzania · 192 km / 119 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Coastal Aviation
- [TGT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/httg.md) Tanga Airport · Tanzania · 199 km / 124 mi · Auric Air, Coastal Aviation
- [MBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkmo.md) Moi International Airport · Kenya · 319 km / 198 mi · Skyward Airlines
- [TZ-0145](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0145.md) Msalato International Airport (under construction) · Tanzania · 388 km / 241 mi · Air Tanzania
- [DOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htdo.md) Dodoma Airport · Tanzania · 389 km / 242 mi · Air Tanzania
- [IRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htir.md) Iringa Airport · Tanzania · 391 km / 243 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air
- [MYW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmt.md) Mtwara Airport · Tanzania · 400 km / 249 mi · Air Tanzania, Precision Air
- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · Tanzania · 450 km / 280 mi · Air Tanzania, Precision Air
- [ARK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar.md) Arusha Airport · Tanzania · 483 km / 300 mi · Air Tanzania, Flightlink, Precision Air
- [SGX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htso.md) Songea Airport · Tanzania · 581 km / 361 mi · Air Tanzania
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 667 km / 414 mi · Skyward Airlines, Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways, Precision Air
- [HAH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmch.md) Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport · Comoros · 684 km / 425 mi · Air Tanzania
- [MBI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htgw.md) Songwe Airport · Tanzania · 692 km / 430 mi · Air Tanzania
- [TBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/httb.md) Tabora Airport · Tanzania · 733 km / 455 mi · Air Tanzania
- [KBH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbh.md) Kahama Airstrip · Tanzania · 796 km / 495 mi · Precision Air
- [SUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htsu.md) Sumbawanga Airport · Tanzania · 846 km / 526 mi · Air Tanzania
- [MWZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmw.md) Mwanza International Airport · Tanzania · 852 km / 529 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Flightlink, Precision Air
- [NPY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmp.md) Mpanda Airport · Tanzania · 899 km / 559 mi · Air Tanzania
- [DZA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fmcz.md) Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport · Mayotte · 937 km / 582 mi · Ewa Air
- [GTC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htge.md) Chato/Geita Airport · Tanzania · 949 km / 590 mi · Air Tanzania
- [LLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwki.md) Kamuzu International Airport · Malawi · 971 km / 603 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [BKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htbu.md) Bukoba Airport · Tanzania · 1,025 km / 637 mi · Air Tanzania
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 1,074 km / 667 mi · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines
- [TKQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htka.md) Kigoma Airport · Tanzania · 1,078 km / 670 mi · Air Tanzania
- [BLZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fwcl.md) Chileka International Airport · Malawi · 1,082 km / 672 mi · Malawi Airlines
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 1,143 km / 710 mi · RwandAir
- [BJM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbba.md) Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International Airport · Burundi · 1,164 km / 723 mi · Air Tanzania
- [NLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flsk.md) Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport · Zambia · 1,352 km / 840 mi · Air Tanzania
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,384 km / 860 mi · Air Tanzania
- [LUN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/flls.md) Kenneth Kaunda International Airport · Zambia · 1,503 km / 934 mi · Zambia Airways, Air Tanzania
- [HRE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvha.md) Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport · Zimbabwe · 1,512 km / 940 mi · Air Tanzania, Air Zimbabwe
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,763 km / 1,095 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [SEZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fsia.md) Seychelles International Airport · Seychelles · 1,821 km / 1,132 mi · Air Tanzania
- [VFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fvfa.md) Victoria Falls International Airport · Zimbabwe · 1,912 km / 1,188 mi · Air Tanzania
- [JNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/faor.md) O.R. Tambo International Airport · South Africa · 2,437 km / 1,514 mi · Air Tanzania, Airlink
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 2,644 km / 1,643 mi · Air Tanzania
- [CPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fact.md) Cape Town International Airport · South Africa · 3,683 km / 2,289 mi · Air Tanzania
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,818 km / 2,372 mi · Qatar Airways
- [MCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ooms.md) Muscat International Airport · Oman · 3,972 km / 2,468 mi · Air Tanzania, Oman Air
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,977 km / 2,471 mi · flydubai, Emirates, Air Tanzania
- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 4,196 km / 2,607 mi · EgyptAir
- [LOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dnmm.md) Murtala Muhammed International Airport · Nigeria · 4,253 km / 2,643 mi · Air Tanzania
- [ACC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dgaa.md) Kotoka International Airport · Ghana · 4,584 km / 2,848 mi · Air Tanzania
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,683 km / 2,910 mi · IndiGo, Air Tanzania
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 5,459 km / 3,392 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [VKO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/uuww.md) Vnukovo International Airport · Russia · 6,948 km / 4,317 mi · Air Tanzania
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 7,345 km / 4,564 mi · KLM
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 7,468 km / 4,640 mi · Air Tanzania
- [CAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zggg.md) Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport · China · 8,710 km / 5,412 mi · Air Tanzania

### Cargo (5)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 667 km / 414 mi · Astral Aviation, Kenya Airways
- [FBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzqa.md) Lubumbashi International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 1,384 km / 860 mi · Air Tanzania
- [FIH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzaa.md) Ndjili International Airport · Congo - Kinshasa · 2,644 km / 1,643 mi · Air Tanzania
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,977 km / 2,471 mi · Air Tanzania
- [BOM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vabb.md) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport · India · 4,683 km / 2,910 mi · Air Tanzania

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (3)

- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 38
- PW [Precision Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/precision-air) · 7
- TC [Air Tanzania Corporation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania-corporation)

### Passenger (21)

- UI [Auric Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/auric-air) · 6
- CQ [Coastal Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/coastal-aviation) · 4
- YS [Flightlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flightlink) · 3
- 3W [Malawi Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/malawi-airlines) · 2
- OW [Skyward Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyward-airlines) · 2
- UM [Air Zimbabwe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-zimbabwe) · 1
- 4Z [Airlink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airlink) · 1
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1
- EK [Emirates](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/emirates) · 1
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- ZD [Ewa Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ewa-air) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- 6E [IndiGo](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/indigo) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- WY [Oman Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/oman-air) · 1
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- WB [RwandAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rwandair) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1
- ZN [Zambia Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/zambia-airways) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- 8V [Astral Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/astral-aviation) · 1

Former hub of [East African Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/east-african-airways), [Fastjet Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fastjet-tanzania).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2.5M (2019) | #517 of 3,974 | #23 in Africa | #1 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 3,000 m / 9,843 ft | =1,196 of 29,858 | =185 in Africa | #5 in TZ |
| Elevation | 56 m / 182 ft | =34,414 of 43,403 | #2,794 in Africa | #159 in TZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =2 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACC | CON | 119.300 |
| APP | APP | 119.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0113](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0113.md) Ras Kutani Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [HTAG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htag.md) Amani Beach Airport · 34 km / 21 mi
- [TZ-0136](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0136.md) Sanzale Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · 72 km / 45 mi
- [TZ-0094](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0094.md) Matipwili Airport · 91 km / 56 mi
- [TZ-0098](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0098.md) Mchukwi Rufiji Airport · 102 km / 63 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: “Julius Nyerere International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julius_Nyerere_International_Airport&oldid=1374866305), revision of 14 Sep 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/htda/data