Kigoma Airport

Airport in Ujiji, Tanzania
TKQ is located in Tanzania
TKQ
TKQ
Location of Kigoma airport.
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15/33 1,805 5,922 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
PassengersDecrease 28,454
Aircraft movementsDecrease 1,725
Cargo (kg)Increase 40,350
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Kigoma Airport (IATA: TKQ, ICAO: HTKA) is an airport in western Tanzania serving Kigoma. It is located at the east area of Ujiji. The government of Tanzania is planning to improve the airport.[3] The Kigoma non-directional beacon (Ident: KG) is located on the field.[4][5] Ground handling at the airport is conducted by the Livingstone Aviation Services Limited.[6]

Airlines and Destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Tanzania Bujumbura,[7] Dar es Salaam

Gallery

  • The VIP and the Departures terminal.
    The VIP and the Departures terminal.
  • The airport pub.
    The airport pub.

Accidents and incidents

  • 9 April 2012: Air Tanzania de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 5H-MWG was written off after an aborted take off. All 39 people on board survived.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for TKQ at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ Google Maps - Kigoma
  3. ^ "Feasibility Study and Detailed Design for The Rehabilitation and Upgrading of Kigoma Airport" (PDF). Tanzania Airports Authority, Ministry of Infrastructure Development. July 2008.
  4. ^ "Kigoma NDB (KG) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  6. ^ "LIVINGSTONE AVIATION SERVICES LTD". LIVINGSTONE AVIATION SERVICES LTD. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  7. ^ "Air Tanzania resumes Entebbe / Bujumbura service from late-August 2018".
  8. ^ Hradecky, Simon (9 April 2012). "Accident: Tanzania DH8C at Kigoma on Apr 9th 2012, runway excursion on rejected takeof". Retrieved 15 July 2013.

External links

  • OpenStreetMap - Kigoma
  • OurAirports - Kigoma
  • Accident history for TKQ at Aviation Safety Network
  • Takeoff from Kigoma Airport on YouTube


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