Tanga Airport Explained

Tanga Airport
Iata:TGT
Icao:HTTG
Wmo:63844
Type:Public
Operator:Tanzania Airports Authority
City-Served:City of Tanga, Tanzania
Location:Mwanzange, Tanga City Council, Tanga Region
Metric-Elev:yes
Elevation-M:39
Coordinates:-5.0921°N 39.0717°W
Pushpin Map:Tanzania
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Tanzania
Pushpin Label:TGT
Metric-Rwy:yes
R1-Number:06/24
R1-Length-M:1255
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-M:1388
R2-Surface:Grass
Stat-Year:2013
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data: 21,271
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data: 3,444
Footnotes:Source: TAA[1] GCM Google Maps[2]

Tanga Airport (Uwanja wa Ndege wa Tanga, in Swahili) is a small domestic airport located in Mwanzange ward of Tanga City Council in Tanga Region, Tanzania. It is the sole airport in the regional capital city of Tanga.

It is west of the city, off the A14 trunk road. The airport has scheduled flights to Arusha, Dar es Salaam and the Zanzibar Archipelago islands of Unguja and Pemba.

The Tanga non-directional beacon (Ident: TG) is located on the field.[3]

Traffic and statistics

Passenger numbers at Tanga
1999918314
2000963297
20013,407782
20029,5521,336
20035,8641,084
20047,1131,324
20057,15311.8571,250
20068,20132.1331,410
20077,70530.3101,289
20088,44735.2451,588
20099,75945.1211,534
20109,27738.9191,552
201113,5092,286
201220,02010.0003,339
201321,2713,444

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Consolidated Traffic Statistics . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041407/http://www.taa.go.tz/index.php/download/statisticts/5-consolidate-traffic-statistics/file . 2014-09-24. 21 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Tanga Airport . Google Maps . Google . 30 June 2018.
  3. Web site: SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts. skyvector.com. 2018-08-28.