Tanga Airport

Tanga Airport

*Uwanja wa Ndege wa Tanga* (Swahili)
Tanga Airport; Uwanja wa Ndege wa Tanga (Swahili)
	Terminal building
	Location of airport within the city
	IATA: TGT; ICAO: HTTG; WMO: 63844;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Tanzania Airports Authority
Serves	City of Tanga, Tanzania
Location	Mwanzange, Tanga City Council, Tanga Region
Elevation AMSL	39 m / 128 ft
Coordinates	5°5′31.52″S 39°4′18″E / 5.0920889°S 39.07167°E
Website	www.taa.go.tz
Map
	TGT Location of airport in Tanzania
Runways
Statistics (2013)
Passengers
Passengers	21,271
Aircraft movements	3,444
	Source: TAA GCM Google Maps

Tanga Airport (IATA: TGT, ICAO: HTTG) (Uwanja wa Ndege wa Tanga, in Swahili) is a small domestic airport located in Mwanzange ward of Tanga City Council in Tanga Region, Tanzania. It is the sole airport in the regional capital city of Tanga.

It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the city, off the A14 trunk road. The airport has scheduled flights to Arusha, Dar es Salaam and the Zanzibar Archipelago islands of Unguja and Pemba.

The Tanga non-directional beacon (Ident: TG) is located on the field.^[4]

Airlines and destinations edit

Airlines	Destinations
As Salaam Air	Pemba
Auric Air	Pemba, Zanzibar
Coastal Aviation	Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Pemba, Zanzibar

**Passenger numbers at Tanga**^[1]
Year	Passengers handled	Cargo (tonnes)	Aircraft movements
1999	918	–	314
2000	963	–	297
2001	3,407	–	782
2002	9,552	–	1,336
2003	5,864	–	1,084
2004	7,113	–	1,324
2005	7,153	11.857	1,250
2006	8,201	32.133	1,410
2007	7,705	30.310	1,289
2008	8,447	35.245	1,588
2009	9,759	45.121	1,534
2010	9,277	38.919	1,552
2011	13,509	–	2,286
2012	20,020	10.000	3,339
2013	21,271	–	3,444

^ ^a ^b "Consolidated Traffic Statistics". Tanzania Airports Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
^ Airport information for TGT at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Tanga Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.