# Kahama Airstrip (KBH)

**Kahama Airstrip** (IATA: KBH) is a small airport in Kahama, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania. It is operated by Buzwagi Gold Mine. In 2016 it handled 7 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KBH / —
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Buzwagi Gold Mine
- Serves: Kahama, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania
- Elevation: 1,213 m / 3,980 ft
- Coordinates: -3.8470, 32.6865
- Passengers: 6,753 (2016)
- Time zone: UTC+3 · Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahama_Airstrip (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38251084
- Ident: KBH

## 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 · 796 km / 495 mi · Precision Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (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 | 7K (2016) | #2,845 of 3,974 | #190 in Africa | #17 in TZ |
| Elevation | 1,213 m / 3,980 ft | =3,554 of 43,403 | =781 in Africa | #71 in TZ |

## Nearby airports

- [TZ-0061](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0061.md) Golden Pride Mines Airport · 59 km / 36 mi
- [TZ-0058](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0058.md) Bulyanhulu Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [SHY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htsy.md) Shinyanga Airport · 94 km / 59 mi
- [TZ-0139](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0139.md) Mawemeru Airport · 97 km / 60 mi
- [TZ-0133](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tz-0133.md) Nkinga Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [MWN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/htmd.md) Mwadui Airport · 109 km / 68 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kahama Airstrip”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kahama_Airstrip&oldid=1363846502), revision of 12 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/kbh/data