# Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO / HTKJ)

**Kilimanjaro International Airport** (IATA: JRO, ICAO: HTKJ) is a large airport in Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania. It opened in Dec 1971. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long, asphalt. In 2012 it handled 665 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JRO / HTKJ
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Arusha, Arusha Region, Tanzania
- Opened: Dec 1971
- Elevation: 894 m / 2,932 ft
- Coordinates: -3.4270, 37.0735
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Passengers: 665,149 (2012)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Website: https://www.kilimanjaroairport.go.tz/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilimanjaro_International_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365099
- Weather station: HTKJ · WMO 63791
- Ident: HTKJ

## Timeline

- Dec 1971: Kilimanjaro International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 642,171 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 665,149 | Wikidata |

## Routes

12 destinations in 12 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 235 km / 146 mi · Kenya Airways
- [EBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/huen.md) Entebbe International Airport · Uganda · 643 km / 400 mi · Air Tanzania, Uganda Airlines
- [ADD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/haab.md) Addis Ababa Bole International Airport · Ethiopia · 1,393 km / 866 mi · Ethiopian Airlines
- [DOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/othh.md) Hamad International Airport · Qatar · 3,556 km / 2,210 mi · Qatar Airways
- [DXB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/omdb.md) Dubai International Airport · United Arab Emirates · 3,750 km / 2,330 mi · flydubai
- [IST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ltfm.md) İstanbul Airport · Türkiye · 5,042 km / 3,133 mi · Turkish Airlines
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 6,713 km / 4,171 mi · Air France
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 6,789 km / 4,218 mi · Brussels Airlines
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 6,901 km / 4,288 mi · KLM
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 7,021 km / 4,363 mi · Air Tanzania

### Seasonal (3)

- [MXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/limc.md) Milan Malpensa International Airport · Italy · 6,131 km / 3,810 mi · Neos
- [ZRH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lszh.md) Zürich Airport · Switzerland · 6,305 km / 3,918 mi · Edelweiss Air
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 7,021 km / 4,363 mi · British Airways

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (13)

- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 2
- AF [Air France](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-france) · 1
- BA [British Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/british-airways) · 1 · seasonal
- SN [Brussels Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/brussels-airlines) · 1
- WK [Edelweiss Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/edelweiss-air) · 1 · seasonal
- ET [Ethiopian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ethiopian-airlines) · 1
- FZ [flydubai](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flydubai) · 1
- KQ [Kenya Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenya-airways) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- NO [Neos](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/neos) · 1 · seasonal
- QR [Qatar Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qatar-airways) · 1
- TK [Turkish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/turkish-airlines) · 1
- UR [Uganda Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/uganda-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 665K (2012) | #986 of 3,974 | #61 in Africa | #3 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =45 in Africa | #1 in TZ |
| Elevation | 894 m / 2,932 ft | =5,669 of 43,403 | =1,333 in Africa | #119 in TZ |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | #81 in Africa | #2 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.600 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.100 |
| APP |  | 119.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [ARK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar.md) Arusha Airport · 49 km / 31 mi
- [ASV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkam.md) Amboseli Airport · 89 km / 55 mi
- [LKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htlm.md) Lake Manyara Airport · 139 km / 87 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: “Kilimanjaro International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kilimanjaro_International_Airport&oldid=1376944893), revision of 27 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/htkj/data