Julius Nyerere International Airport
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| IATA: DAR – ICAO: HTDA | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Tanzania Airports Authority | ||
| Location | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 196 ft / 60 m | ||
| Coordinates | 06°52′32″S 039°12′07″E / 6.87556°S 39.20194°ECoordinates: 06°52′32″S 039°12′07″E / 6.87556°S 39.20194°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 05/23 | 9,842 | 3,000 | Asphalt |
| 14/32 | 3,280 | 1,000 | Asphalt |
Julius Nyerere International Airport ((IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA), is the principal airport serving Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. The airport is named after the first Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere.
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[edit] History
The German colonial Government built the first airport in Tanganyika at Kurasini in Temeke District in 1918. It was called Mkeja Airport.
Another airport known as Dar es Salaam Airport, Terminal I, was built at Ukonga area, as the former could not meet the demands. Therefore the Government of Tanzania extended the airport to Terminal II in 1979. It was inaugurated by Julius Nyerere in October 1984.
In October 2005, Dar es Salaam International Airport (DIA) was renamed Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere International Airport.
A total of 9,501,265 passengers used the airport from 1980 to 2004; averaging 2,770 passengers per day.[1]
On November 1, 2006 the Government of Tanzania decided to rename the airport once again, now becoming Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).[2]
[edit] JNIA today
In 2006, the airport served 1,249,419 passengers[3]
A partnership project underway between the Government of Tanzania and China will see the current airport expand to Terminal Four. The airport will be East Africa's largest airport with modern facilities and amenities.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Malawi | Blantyre, Lilongwe |
| Air Tanzania | Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Kigoma, Moroni, Mwanza, Tabora, Zanzibar |
| Air Uganda | Entebbe, Juba, Nairobi, Zanzibar |
| Air Zimbabwe | Harare, Nairobi |
| Bold Aviation | Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| British Airways operated by Comair | Seasonal: Johannesburg |
| Coastal Aviation | Zanzibar, Arusha, Selous, Kilwa, Serengeti, Tanga, Mafia, Kigali |
| Comores Air Services | Moroni |
| Comores Aviation | Anjouan, Moroni |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa, Zanzibar |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| LAM Mozambique Airlines | Maputo, Nampula, Pemba |
| Oman Air | Muscat |
| Precision Air | Arusha, Johannesburg, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Mombasa, Moroni, Musoma, Mwanza, Nairobi, Shinyanga, Tabora, Zanzibar |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| RwandAir | Kigali |
| South African Airways | Johannesburg |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Zürich |
| Turkish Airlines | Entebbe, Istanbul-Atatürk, Nairobi |
| ZanAir | Zanzibar |
[edit] Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Safair |
[edit] Accidents and Incidents
- On 16 February 2011 Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam was closed overnight as a precaution after explosions rocked a number of munitions depots located about 10 kilometres from the airport killing at least 20 people.[4]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Julius Nyerere International Airport |
- Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Accident history for DAR at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for HTDA at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for HTDA at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for HTDA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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