AirportsSongwe Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Mbeya, in Mbeya Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MBI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MBI
- ICAO code
- HTGW
- City
- Mbeya
- State or region
- Mbeya Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 8.9199° S, 33.2740° E
- Elevation
- 1,345 m (4,412 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,330 m (10,925 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MBI means Songwe Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTGW. 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 8.9199° S, 33.2740° E. It stands 1,345 metres (4,412 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
Songwe Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,330 metres (10,925 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 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,330 m 10,925 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kasama AirportKasama, Zambia | KAA | 276 km |
| Dodoma AirportDodoma | DOD | 410 km |
| Tabora AirportTabora | TBO | 430 km |
| Mfuwe International AirportMfuwe, Zambia | MFU | 504 km |
| Lichinga AirportLichinga, Mozambique | VXC | 531 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,282 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,341 km | 6 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,490 km | 5 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,452 km | 9 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,088 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 16,002 km | 19 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,916 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,073 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,928 km | 14 h 50 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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