AirportsKilimanjaro International Airport is a large airport serving Arusha, in Arusha Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JRO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JRO
- ICAO code
- HTKJ
- City
- Arusha
- State or region
- Arusha Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 3.4270° S, 37.0735° E
- Elevation
- 894 m (2,932 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JRO means Kilimanjaro International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTKJ. 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 3.4270° S, 37.0735° E. It stands 894 metres (2,932 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Arusha, about 44 km away in a straight line.
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
Kilimanjaro International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,600 metres (11,811 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 16 airports of Tanzania on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arusha AirportArusha | ARK | 49 km |
| Amboseli AirportOl Tukai, Kenya | ASV | 89 km |
| Jomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi, Kenya | NBO | 235 km |
| Nairobi Wilson AirportNairobi, Kenya | WIL | 236 km |
| Seronera AirportSeronera | SEU | 272 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,559 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,647 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,750 km | 5 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,060 km | 9 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,006 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,777 km | 19 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,457 km | 9 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,378 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,981 km | 14 h 55 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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