# Mwanza International Airport (MWZ / HTMW)

**Mwanza International Airport** (IATA: MWZ, ICAO: HTMW) is a large airport in Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania. It has one runway, 3,113 m (10,212 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 400 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MWZ / HTMW
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Mwanza, Mwanza Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 1,147 m / 3,763 ft
- Coordinates: -2.4466, 32.9360
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,113 m / 10,212 ft
- Passengers: 400,457 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwanza_Airport (17 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392790
- Weather station: HTMW · WMO 63756
- Ident: HTMW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 3,113 m / 10,212 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | yes |

## Routes

15 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (14)

- [TZ-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0023.md) Rubondo Airport · Tanzania · 122 km / 76 mi · Auric Air
- [MUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmu.md) Musoma Airport · Tanzania · 142 km / 88 mi · Auric Air
- [BKZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htbu.md) Bukoba Airport · Tanzania · 175 km / 109 mi · Air Tanzania, Auric Air, Precision Air
- [SEU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htsn.md) Seronera Airport · Tanzania · 210 km / 130 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [KGL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hryr.md) Kigali International Airport · Rwanda · 315 km / 196 mi · Auric Air, Coastal Aviation
- [LKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htlm.md) Lake Manyara Airport · Tanzania · 336 km / 209 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [ARK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar.md) Arusha Airport · Tanzania · 423 km / 263 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [TKQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htka.md) Kigoma Airport · Tanzania · 453 km / 281 mi · Auric Air
- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 461 km / 286 mi · Precision Air
- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · Tanzania · 472 km / 293 mi · Air Tanzania, Precision Air
- [NPY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmp.md) Mpanda Airport · Tanzania · 481 km / 299 mi · Auric Air
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 814 km / 506 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [TZ-0048](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0048.md) Mtemere Airport · Tanzania · 830 km / 516 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 852 km / 529 mi · Air Tanzania, Coastal Aviation, Precision Air

### Cargo (2)

- [NBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkjk.md) Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · Kenya · 461 km / 286 mi · Astral Aviation
- [BRU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ebbr.md) Brussels Airport · Belgium · 6,517 km / 4,049 mi · RwandAir

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- UI [Auric Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/auric-air) · 6

### Passenger (3)

- CQ [Coastal Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/coastal-aviation) · 7
- PW [Precision Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/precision-air) · 4
- TC [Air Tanzania](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-tanzania) · 3

### Cargo (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 400K (2016) | #1,211 of 3,974 | #82 in Africa | #4 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 3,113 m / 10,212 ft | #921 of 29,858 | #147 in Africa | #3 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,147 m / 3,763 ft | =3,931 of 43,403 | =900 in Africa | #88 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 123.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 123.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [HTUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htuk.md) Nansio Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [TZ-0056](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0056.md) Alliance Airstrip · 84 km / 52 mi
- [GIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-git.md) Mchauru Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [TZ-0058](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0058.md) Bulyanhulu Airport · 101 km / 63 mi
- [TZ-0139](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0139.md) Mawemeru Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [TZ-0023](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0023.md) Rubondo 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: “Mwanza Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mwanza_Airport&oldid=1363062983), 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/htmw/data