# West Kilimanjaro Airport, West Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

**West Kilimanjaro Airport** is a small airport in West Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. It is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority. In 2016 it handled 30 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Tanzania Airports Authority
- Serves: West Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 1,311 m / 4,300 ft
- Coordinates: -3.0500, 37.0000
- Passengers: 30 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kilimanjaro_Airstrip (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7985622
- Weather station: HTKJ · WMO 63791
- Ident: HTWK

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [QSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htms.md) Moshi Airport · Tanzania · 50 km / 31 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [ARK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htar.md) Arusha Airport · Tanzania · 54 km / 34 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [ZNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htza.md) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport · Tanzania · 430 km / 267 mi · Coastal Aviation
- [DAR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htda.md) Julius Nyerere International Airport · Tanzania · 490 km / 304 mi · Coastal Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- CQ [Coastal Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/coastal-aviation) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 30 (2016) | =3,775 of 3,974 | #221 in Africa | #33 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,311 m / 4,300 ft | =2,967 of 43,403 | =592 in Africa | =49 in TZ |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0103](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0103.md) Mountain Side Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [JRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htkj.md) Kilimanjaro International Airport · 43 km / 27 mi
- [KE-0200](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-0200.md) Tortilis Camp Airstrip · 45 km / 28 mi
- [QSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htms.md) Moshi Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [ASV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hkam.md) Amboseli Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [KE-6123](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ke-6123.md) Namanga Airport · 53 km / 33 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: “West Kilimanjaro Airstrip”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Kilimanjaro_Airstrip&oldid=1363087411), 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/htwk/data