# Kigoma Airport (TKQ / HTKA)

**Kigoma Airport** (IATA: TKQ, ICAO: HTKA) is a small airport in Kigoma, Xigoma Region, Tanzania. It has one runway, 1,767 m (5,797 ft) long. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 30 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TKQ / HTKA
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Kigoma, Xigoma Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 823 m / 2,700 ft
- Coordinates: -4.8862, 29.6709
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,767 m / 5,797 ft
- Passengers: 29,781 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigoma_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366020
- Weather station: HTKA · WMO 63801
- Ident: HTKA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,767 m / 5,797 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 1,078 km / 670 mi · Air Tanzania

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 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 | 30K (2016) | #2,291 of 3,974 | #153 in Africa | #10 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 1,767 m / 5,797 ft | =5,033 of 29,858 | #545 in Africa | #12 in TZ |
| Elevation | 823 m / 2,700 ft | =6,290 of 43,403 | =1,399 in Africa | =123 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0006.md) Kasulu Airport · 61 km / 38 mi
- [HTUV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htuv.md) Uvinza Airport · 85 km / 53 mi
- [HBBK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hbbk.md) Gihohi Airport · 108 km / 67 mi
- [TZ-0089](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0089.md) Malagarasi Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [FMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fzrf.md) Kalemie Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [TZ-0070](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0070.md) Kapalagulu Airport · 122 km / 76 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: “Kigoma Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kigoma_Airport&oldid=1363048982), 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/htka/data