List of the busiest airports in Tanzania

Tanzania's busiest airports is the list of top busiest airports across various aerodromes in the country. The tables below contain annual data published by the Tanzania Airports Authority on the busiest airports in Tanzania by total passenger traffic, aircraft movements and cargo handled.

The lists are presented in chronological order. The number of total passengers for an airport is measured in persons and includes any passenger that arrives at, departs from or is on a transit from that airport. The number of total aircraft movements is measured in airplane-times and includes all the takeoffs and landings of all kinds of aircraft in scheduled or charter conditions. The total cargo handled is expressed in metric tonnes and includes all the freight and mail that arrives at or departs from the airport.

2017 – 2018

Passenger traffic

Rank	Airport	City	Region	Number of Passengers FY 2018	Number of Passengers FY 2017	% Change	Rank Change
1	Julius Nyerere International Airport	Dar-es-salaam	Dar es Salaam	2,417,090	2,385,456	1.32
2	Abeid Amani Karume International Airport	Zanzibar	Zanzibar	1,406,300	1,229,999	14.33
3	Kilimanjaro International Airport	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro	897,708	832,895	7.78
4	Mwanza Airport	Mwanza	Mwanza	399,054	398,102	0.23
5	Arusha Airport	Arusha	Arusha	229,366	192,233	19.31
6	Songwe Airport	Mbeya	Mbeya	114,863	118,884	-3.38
7	Bukoba Airport	Bukoba	Kagera	52,102	45,622	14.20	1
8	Dodoma Airport	Dodoma	Dodoma	47,396	31,605	49.96	-1
9	Lake Manyara Airport	Lake Manyara	Arusha	41,075	35,547	15.55
10	Kigoma Airport	Kigoma	Kigoma	33,459	28,444	17.63
11	Tanga Airport	Tanga	Tanga	25,670	27,477	-6.57	1
12	Mafia Airport	Mafia Island	Pwani	25,631	23,615	8.53	1
13	Tabora Airport	Tabora	Tabora	25,484	18,217	39.89	-2
14	Mtwara Airport	Mtwara	Mtwara	20,710	24,462	-15.33	1
15	Iringa Airport	Iringa	Iringa	10,013	11,137	-10.09	-1
16	Musoma Airport	Musoma	Mara	7,931	13,154	-39.70	1
17	Kahama Airstrip	Kahama	Shinyanga	5,341	4,035	32.36	-1
18	Songea Airport	Songea	Ruvuma	4,903	9,823	-50.08	2
19	Kasulu Airport	Kasulu	Kigoma	3,788	1,671	126.69	-1
20	Loliondo Airstrip	Loliondo	Arusha	2,450	2,417	1.36	-1
21	Moshi Airport	Moshi	Kilimanjaro	2,394	2,260	5.92
22	Morogoro Airport	Morogoro	Morogoro	2,084	1,557	33.84
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority

Aircraft Movements

Rank	Airport	City	Region	Aircraft Movements FY 2018	Aircraft Movements FY 2017	% Change	Rank Change
1	Julius Nyerere International Airport	Dar-es-salaam	Dar es Salaam	71,420	74,286	-3.85
2	Abeid Amani Karume International Airport	Zanzibar	Zanzibar	57,493	57,551	-0.10
3	Arusha Airport	Arusha	Arusha	27,048	23,392	15.63
4	Kilimanjaro International Airport	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro	25,271	21,706	16.42
5	Mwanza Airport	Mwanza	Mwanza	11,788	13,095	-9.98
6	Lake Manyara Airport	Lake Manyara	Arusha	8,548	7,448	14.77
7	Dodoma Airport	Dodoma	Dodoma	4,519	4,004	12.86	1
8	Tanga Airport	Tanga	Tanga	3,761	4,681	-19.65	-1
9	Mafia Airport	Mafia Island	Pwani	3,620	3,642	-0.60
10	Musoma Airport	Musoma	Mara	1,932	1,838	5.11	2
11	Songwe Airport	Mbeya	Mbeya	1,932	1,959	-1.38
12	Iringa Airport	Iringa	Iringa	1,733	1,808	-4.15	1
13	Tabora Airport	Tabora	Tabora	1,687	1,572	7.32	1
14	Bukoba Airport	Bukoba	Kagera	1,568	2,302	-31.88	-4
15	Moshi Airport	Moshi	Kilimanjaro	1,488	1,006	47.91	1
16	Kigoma Airport	Kigoma	Kigoma	1,209	1,192	1.43	-1
17	Mtwara Airport	Mtwara	Mtwara	886	972	-8.84
18	Loliondo Airstrip	Loliondo	Arusha	676	606	11.55
19	Morogoro Airport	Morogoro	Morogoro	525	480	9.37
20	Kasulu Airport	Kasulu	Kigoma	451	310	45.48	2
21	Kahama Airstrip	Kahama	Shinyanga	435	388	12.11
22	Songea Airport	Songea	Ruvuma	374	452	-17.25	-2
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority

Cargo Tonnage

Rank	Airport	City	Region	Cargo Tonnage FY 2018	Cargo Tonnage FY 2017	% Change	Rank Change
1	Julius Nyerere International Airport	Dar-es-salaam	Dar es Salaam	16,162	17,031	-5.10
2	Kilimanjaro International Airport	Kilimanjaro	Kilimanjaro	3,103	2,646	17.27	1
3	Abeid Amani Karume International Airport	Zanzibar	Zanzibar	2,366	4,462	-46.97	-1
4	Mwanza Airport	Mwanza	Mwanza	2,109	2,277	-7.37
5	Songwe Airport	Mbeya	Mbeya	747	649	15.10
6	Dodoma Airport	Dodoma	Dodoma	156	7	2128.57	7
7	Bukoba Airport	Bukoba	Kagera	55	36	52.77
8	Arusha Airport	Arusha	Arusha	55	25	120	1
9	Kasulu Airport	Kasulu	Kigoma	42	9	366.66	3
10	Mtwara Airport	Mtwara	Mtwara	41	36	13.88	-3
11	Kahama Airstrip	Kahama	Shinyanga	36	19	89.47	-1
12	Songea Airport	Songera	Ruvuma	23	5	360	2
13	Iringa Airport	Iringa	Iringa	18	1	1700	2
14	Kigoma Airport	Kigoma	Kigoma	12	12	0	-3
15	Musoma Airport	Musoma	Mara	6	45	-86.66	-9
16	Moshi Airport	Moshi	Kilimanjaro	2	1	100	-1
17	Tabora Airport	Tabora	Tabora	2	1	100	-2
Source: Tanzania Airport Authority