# Iringa Airport (IRI / HTIR)

**Iringa Airport** (IATA: IRI, ICAO: HTIR) is a medium airport in Nduli, Iringa Region, Tanzania. It opened in 1982. It has one runway, 1,679 m (5,508 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IRI / HTIR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Nduli, Iringa Region, Tanzania
- Opened: 1982 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 1,426 m / 4,678 ft
- Coordinates: -7.6686, 35.7521
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,679 m / 5,508 ft
- Passengers: 10,642 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iringa_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6070002
- Weather station: HTIR · WMO 63887
- Ident: HTIR

## Timeline

- 1982: Iringa Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,679 m / 5,508 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 013° / 193° |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [DOD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htdo.md) Dodoma Airport · Tanzania · 167 km / 104 mi · Precision Air
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 391 km / 243 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 1
- UI [Auric Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/auric-air) · 1
- PW [Precision Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/precision-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2016) | #2,665 of 3,974 | #182 in Africa | #16 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 1,679 m / 5,508 ft | =5,346 of 29,858 | #577 in Africa | #14 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,426 m / 4,678 ft | =2,464 of 43,403 | =436 in Africa | #34 in TZ |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | #98 in Africa | #3 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0073](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0073.md) Kibebe Airport · 14 km / 9.0 mi
- [TZ-0068](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0068.md) Ifunda Farm Airstrip · 57 km / 35 mi
- [TZ-0001](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0001.md) Mtera Airport · 68 km / 42 mi
- [TZ-0102](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0102.md) Mngeta Airport · 86 km / 54 mi
- [HTSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htsh.md) Mafinga Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [TZ-0028](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0028.md) Msembe Airport · 91 km / 57 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: “Iringa Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iringa_Airport&oldid=1363821731), revision of 12 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/htir/data