Julius Nyerere International Airport

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Julius Nyerere International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTanzania Airports Authority
LocationDar es Salaam, Tanzania
Elevation AMSL196 ft / 60 m
Websitewww.jnia.aero
Map
DAR is located in Tanzania
DAR
DAR
Location within Tanzania
Runways
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.

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]

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.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air MalawiBlantyre, Lilongwe
Air TanzaniaArusha, Kilimanjaro, Kigoma, Moroni, Mwanza, Tabora, Zanzibar
Air UgandaEntebbe, Juba, Nairobi, Zanzibar
Bold AviationArusha, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar
British AirwaysLondon-Heathrow
Coastal AviationZanzibar, Arusha, Selous, Kilwa, Serengeti, Tanga, Mafia, Kigali
Comores Air ServicesMoroni
Comores AviationAnjouan, Moroni
EgyptAirCairo
EmiratesDubai
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa, Zanzibar
Kenya AirwaysNairobi
KLMAmsterdam
LAM Mozambique AirlinesMaputo, Nampula, Pemba
Oman AirMuscat
Precision AirArusha, Johannesburg, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Mombasa, Moroni, Musoma, Mwanza, Nairobi, Shinyanga, Tabora, Zanzibar
Qatar AirwaysDoha
RwandAirKigali
South African AirwaysJohannesburg
Swiss International Air LinesZürich
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul-Atatürk
ZanAirZanzibar

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Safair

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]

References

  1. ^ DIA becomes Mwalimu JK Nyerere...
  2. ^ Main airport changes name, yet again
  3. ^ Tanzania Airports Authority
  4. ^ "Blasts at Tanzania military depot kill 20". Reuters. Retrieved 19 March 2011.

External links

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