# Mtwara Airport (MYW / HTMT)

**Mtwara Airport** (IATA: MYW, ICAO: HTMT) is a medium airport in Mtwara, Mtwara Region, Tanzania. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,259 m (7,410 ft). It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 23 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MYW / HTMT
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Mtwara, Mtwara Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 113 m / 371 ft
- Coordinates: -10.3362, 40.1820
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,259 m / 7,410 ft
- Passengers: 22,681 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mtwara_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432100
- Weather station: HTMT · WMO 63971
- Ident: HTMT

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,259 m / 7,410 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 004° / 184° |  |
| 08/26 | 1,163 m / 3,815 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Grass | 080° / 260° |  |

## 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 · 400 km / 249 mi · Air Tanzania, Precision Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 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 | 23K (2016) | #2,393 of 3,974 | #163 in Africa | #12 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 2,259 m / 7,410 ft | #3,166 of 29,858 | #376 in Africa | #7 in TZ |
| Elevation | 113 m / 371 ft | =29,658 of 43,403 | =2,652 in Africa | #154 in TZ |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =2 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

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

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0130](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0130.md) Mikindani Airport · 13 km / 8.2 mi
- [LMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lmz.md) Palma Airport · 56 km / 35 mi
- [MZ-0048](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0048.md) Afungi Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [LDI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htli.md) Lindi Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [MZ-0047](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mz-0047.md) Vamizi Airstrip · 90 km / 56 mi
- [NND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nnd.md) Nangade Airport · 99 km / 61 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: “Mtwara Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mtwara_Airport&oldid=1363061385), 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/htmt/data