AirportsMafia Airport is a small airport serving Kilindoni, in Pwani Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MFA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MFA
- ICAO code
- HTMA
- City
- Kilindoni
- State or region
- Pwani Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 7.9175° S, 39.6685° E
- Elevation
- 18 m (60 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,630 m (5,348 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MFA means Mafia Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTMA. 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 7.9175° S, 39.6685° E. It stands 18 metres (60 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Dar es Salaam, about 129 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
Mafia Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,630 metres (5,348 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 16 airports of Tanzania on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,630 m 5,348 ft | not listed | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Julius Nyerere International AirportDar es Salaam | DAR | 127 km |
| Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibar | ZNZ | 195 km |
| Mtwara AirportMtwara | MYW | 275 km |
| Tanga AirportTanga | TGT | 321 km |
| Moi International AirportMombasa, Kenya | MBA | 432 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,706 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,717 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,061 km | 5 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,634 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,552 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 16,352 km | 20 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,206 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,432 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,449 km | 14 h 20 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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