| Kilimanjaro International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: JRO – ICAO: HTKJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Kilimanjaro Airports Development Co. | ||
| Serves | Arusha & Moshi, Tanzania | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,932 ft / 894 m | ||
| Coordinates | 03°25′46″S 037°04′28″E / 3.42944°S 37.07444°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09/27 | 11,834 | 3,607 | Asphalt |
Kilimanjaro International Airport (IATA: JRO, ICAO: HTKJ) is the second, albeit small international airport of Tanzania (the first is Julius Nyerere International Airport). It serves the Kilimanjaro area including the cities of Arusha and Moshi near Mount Kilimanjaro, and the international tourism industry based on Mount Kilimanjaro, Arusha National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Serengeti National Park. The airport styles itself as "the gateway to Africa's wildlife heritage".
Many international visitors also go to national parks in Kenya, to the Indian Ocean coast and islands such as Zanzibar, and to Lake Victoria, reflected in the routes of connecting flights.
Despite its small size, the airport can handle aircraft up to Boeing 747s.
The airport served 294,750 passengers in 2004.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Airkenya Express | Mombasa, Nairobi |
| Condor Airlines | Frankfurt, Mombasa |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Nairobi |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Precision Air | Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Mwanza, Nairobi, Zanzibar |
| Regional Air Services | Tanzania |
| Kigali | |
| ZanAir | Zanzibar |
External links
- Official site
- Airport information for HTKJ at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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