AirportsTabora Airport is a small airport serving Tabora, in Tabora Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TBO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TBO
- ICAO code
- HTTB
- City
- Tabora
- State or region
- Tabora Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 5.0764° S, 32.8333° E
- Elevation
- 1,179 m (3,868 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,900 m (6,234 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TBO means Tabora Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTTB. 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 5.0764° S, 32.8333° E. It stands 1,179 metres (3,868 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
Tabora Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,900 metres (6,234 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 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,900 m 6,234 ft | not listed | Asphalt | not listed |
| 08/26 | 1,500 m 4,921 ft | not listed | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shinyanga AirportShinyanga | SHY | 179 km |
| Mwanza International AirportMwanza | MWZ | 293 km |
| Dodoma AirportDodoma | DOD | 346 km |
| Kigoma AirportKigoma | TKQ | 351 km |
| Seronera AirportSeronera | SEU | 365 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,032 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,140 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,159 km | 5 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,038 km | 9 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,774 km | 14 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,645 km | 19 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,936 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,867 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,237 km | 15 h 15 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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