# Tanga Airport (TGT / HTTG)

**Tanga Airport** (IATA: TGT, ICAO: HTTG) is a medium airport in Tanga, Tanga Region, Tanzania. It has one runway, 1,268 m (4,160 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 31 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TGT / HTTG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: Tanga, Tanga Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 39 m / 129 ft
- Coordinates: -5.0924, 39.0712
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,268 m / 4,160 ft
- Passengers: 30,967 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanga_Airport (13 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4189775
- Weather station: HTTG · WMO 63844
- Ident: HTTG

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 1,268 m / 4,160 ft | 31 m / 102 ft | Asphalt | 062° / 242° | yes |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [PMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htpe.md) Pemba Airport · Tanzania · 84 km / 52 mi · As Salaam Air, Auric Air, Coastal Aviation
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 127 km / 79 mi · Auric Air, Coastal Aviation
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 199 km / 124 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [ARK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar.md) Arusha Airport · Tanzania · 331 km / 206 mi · Coastal Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- CQ [Coastal Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/coastal-aviation) · 4
- UI [Auric Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/auric-air) · 2
- [As Salaam Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/as-salaam-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 31K (2016) | #2,275 of 3,974 | #151 in Africa | #8 in TZ |
| Longest runway | 1,268 m / 4,160 ft | =9,148 of 29,858 | #760 in Africa | #21 in TZ |
| Elevation | 39 m / 129 ft | =35,952 of 43,403 | =2,837 in Africa | #162 in TZ |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =5 in TZ |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | INFO | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [PMA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htpe.md) Pemba Airport · 84 km / 52 mi
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [MBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkmo.md) Moi International Airport · 131 km / 81 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: “Tanga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanga_Airport&oldid=1363081951), 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/httg/data