Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

It is approximately 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.

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, Tanzania
Hub for	ZanAir
Elevation AMSL	54 ft / 16 m
Coordinates	6°13′20″S 39°13′30″E / 6.22222°S 39.22500°E / -6.22222; 39.22500
Website	www.taa.go.tz
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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 GCM

Terminal 1 is an inactive terminal that was used during the British protectorate of Zanzibar. This is a small building found on the northern side of terminal 2 and currently used as the airport office.

Terminal 2 is active for all landing aircraft. A new shelter^{[clarification needed]} on the entrance of the airport has been put in place.^{[citation needed]}

Construction of the third 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. The new terminal was expected to be operational in 2014, but construction work was delayed due to financial and technical reasons.^{[citation needed]} The new terminal was inaugurated in September 2020 and started operation in early 2021.^{[citation needed]} Terminal 3 serves international flights while Terminal 2 serves both domestic and some international flights.

 

 

 

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Zanzibar Airport:

Cargo

• Number of flights handled (2005): 14,302
• Passenger traffic (2005): 418,814
• Cargo handled (2005): 566 tons

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