AirportsBukoba Airport is a small airport serving Bukoba, in Kagera Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BKZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BKZ
- ICAO code
- HTBU
- City
- Bukoba
- State or region
- Kagera Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 1.3320° S, 31.8212° E
- Elevation
- 1,153 m (3,784 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,382 m (4,535 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BKZ means Bukoba Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTBU. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 1.3320° S, 31.8212° E. It stands 1,153 metres (3,784 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Dar es Salaam, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bukoba Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,382 metres (4,535 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 16 airports of Tanzania on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 15.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,382 m 4,535 ft | 28 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Entebbe International AirportEntebbe, Uganda | EBB | 168 km |
| Mwanza International AirportMwanza | MWZ | 175 km |
| Kigali International AirportKigali, Rwanda | KGL | 200 km |
| Musoma AirportMusoma | MUZ | 221 km |
| Kisoro AirportKisoro, Uganda | KXO | 234 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,853 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,024 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,894 km | 5 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,610 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,415 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,248 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,030 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,712 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,585 km | 15 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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