| Lindi Airport | |
| Nativename-A: | Kikwetu Airport |
| Iata: | LDI |
| Icao: | HTLI |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Government of Tanzania |
| Operator: | Tanzania Airports Authority |
| City-Served: | Lindi |
| Location: | Lindi Region, Tanzania |
| Elevation-F: | 100 |
| Coordinates: | -9.8503°N 39.7614°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Tanzania |
| Pushpin Label: | LDI |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 16/34 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1748 |
| R1-Surface: | Grass |
| R2-Number: | 03/21 |
| R2-Length-M: | 1613 |
| R2-Surface: | Grass |
| R3-Number: | 10/28 |
| R3-Length-M: | 1364 |
| R3-Surface: | Grass |
Lindi Airport is an airport serving Lindi, the capital of the Lindi Region of Tanzania. It is also known as Kikwetu Airport.[1]
The airport is located approximately 20km (10miles), northeast of the town of Lindi.[2] This is about 400km (200miles), by road and about 337km (209miles), by air, south-east of Julius Nyerere International Airport, the largest airport in Tanzania.[3] The coordinates of Lindi Airport (Kikwetu Airport) are: 09°51'01.0"S, 39°45'41.0"E (Latitude:-9.850282; Longitude:39.761381).
Lindi Airport is owned by the Government of Tanzania and is administered by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority.[4] In September 2016, the government of Tanzania announced plans to expand and upgrade the airport at an estimated cost of US$125 million. The government is actively seeking funding for this purpose.[5]