Mwanza Airport

Mwanza International Airport is a major regional international Tanzanian airport located in Mwanza City, Tanzania (IATA: MWZ, ICAO: HTMW). It serves as the main hub for Auric Air as well as Delavia- Far East Airways and a secondary hub for Precision Air and Air Tanzania.

Mwanza Airport
IATA: MWZ – ICAO: HTMW MWZ Location of Airport in Tanzania
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Tanzania Airports Authority
Operator		Tanzania Airports Authority
Serves		Mwanza City, Tanzania
Location		Mwanza, Tanzania
Elevation AMSL		3,763 ft / 1,134 m
Coordinates		2°26′40.15″S 32°55′57.60″E
Website		www.taa.go.tz
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
12/30	10,827	3,300	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passenger Movement			234,870
Cargo Movement			4,983 Tonnes

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Tanzania	Arusha, Dar Es Salaam, Kigoma
Auric Air	Bukoba, Tabora, Rubondo, Dar es salaam, Mbeya, Iringa, Kigoma, Songea
Coastal Aviation	Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Fort Ikoma, Grumeti, Kigali, Klein's Camp, Kogatende, Lobo, Manyara, Ngorongoro, Pemba, Sasakwa, Seronera, Southern Serengeti, Tanga, Tarime, Zanzibar
Delavia - Far East Airways	Bukoba, Karasabai, Kigoma, Tabora
Fly540	Bujumbura, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Zanzibar
JetLink Express	Dar es Salaam [expected], Kisumu, Mombasa [expected], Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya Airways	Kilimanjaro, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta [all codeshare flights (with Precision Air)]
Kilwa Air	Bukoba, Entebbe
Precision Air	Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Musoma, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta, Shinyanga

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Astral Aviation	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Avia Traffic Company	Dar es Salaam, Lubumbashi, Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta

Accidents and incidents

• On 1 March 2010, Air Tanzania Flight 100, operated by Boeing 737-200 5H-MVZ sustained substantial damage when it departed the runway on landing and the nosewheel collapsed. Damage was also caused to an engine.