# Sumbawanga Airport (SUT / HTSU)

**Sumbawanga Airport** (IATA: SUT, ICAO: HTSU) is a small airport in Sumbawanga, Rukwa Region, Tanzania. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 46 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SUT / HTSU
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Sumbawanga, Rukwa Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 1,817 m / 5,960 ft
- Coordinates: -7.9489, 31.6103
- Runways: 1
- Passengers: 46 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawanga_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7220745
- Weather station: HTSU · WMO 63881
- Ident: HTSU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 46 (2016) | =3,727 of 3,974 | #219 in Africa | #31 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,817 m / 5,960 ft | =1,080 of 43,403 | #131 in Africa | #11 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Nearby airports

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- [TZ-0084](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0084.md) Lukwati Airport · 86 km / 53 mi
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- [TZ-0063](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0063.md) Gua Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
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## 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)
- [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/htsu/data