Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
IATA: ZNZ – ICAO: HTZA – WMO: 63870
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Zanzibar
Operator	Zanzibar Airports Authority
Serves	Zanzibar City
Location	Unguja Island, Zanzibar
Hub for	ZanAir
Elevation AMSL	54 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	06°13′19.56″S 39°13′29.57″E / 6.2221000°S 39.2248806°E / -6.2221000; 39.2248806Coordinates: 06°13′19.56″S 39°13′29.57″E / 6.2221000°S 39.2248806°E / -6.2221000; 39.2248806
Map
ZNZ Location of airport in Tanzania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 3,007 9,865 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 934,337 Aircraft movements 50,672 Metric kg of cargo 1,735
Source: TAA[1]

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (IATA: ZNZ, ICAO: HTZA) (Swahili: Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Abeid Amani Karume) is the main airport in the Zanzibar Archipelago located on Unguja Island. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, and has flights to East Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

It was previously known as Kisauni Airport and Zanzibar International Airport. It was renamed in 2010 in honour of Abeid Amani Karume, the island's first president.

Terminals

Terminal 1

Terminal 1 is active for all landing aircraft. A new shelter on the entrance of the airport has been put in place.

Terminal 2

Construction of the second terminal started in January 2011 by the Chinese Beijing Construction Engineering Group. A new apron of 100,000 square metres (1,100,000 sq ft) will replace the existing 21,000 square metres (230,000 sq ft). The project is estimated to cost about US$70.4 million. On completion, it will have the capacity to serve up to 1.5 million passengers per year.^[2] The new terminal was expected to be operational in 2014, but construction work was still ongoing in August 2015. Once completed, terminal 1 will become the domestic flight terminal.

Airlines and destinations

Old Terminal Building

Aerial view.

On approach to the airport.

Passenger

¹: Qatar Airways' inbound flights from Doha to Zanzibar make a stop in Kilimanjaro. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar.

Cargo

Statistics

• Number of flights handled (2005): 14,302^[5]
• Passenger Traffic (2005): 418,814^[5]
• Cargo handled (2005): 566 tons^[5]

Incidents

A Eurofly Airbus A330-200 had a winglet severely damaged by Precision Air ATR 5H-PWC which was taxiing. The tailfin of the ATR impacted the right-hand wingtip of the Eurofly Airbus. It is not known whether the ATR received bad marshaling instruction which led to the collision. The parking situation in Zanzibar has been extremely chaotic in recent times. The matter will now be investigated by the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority.

See also

• Tanzania portal
• Aviation portal
• List of airports in Tanzania
• Transport in Tanzania

References

External links

• Zanzibar International Airport
• Current weather for Zanzibar / Kisauni, Tanzania (HTZA) at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for ZNZ at Aviation Safety Network