AirportsTanga Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Tanga, in Tanga Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TGT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TGT
- ICAO code
- HTTG
- City
- Tanga
- State or region
- Tanga Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 5.0924° S, 39.0712° E
- Elevation
- 39 m (129 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,268 m (4,160 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TGT means Tanga Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTTG. 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 5.0924° S, 39.0712° E. It stands 39 metres (129 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
Tanga Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,268 metres (4,160 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 16.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,268 m 4,160 ft | 31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibar | ZNZ | 127 km |
| Moi International AirportMombasa, Kenya | MBA | 131 km |
| Julius Nyerere International AirportDar es Salaam | DAR | 199 km |
| Malindi International AirportMalindi, Kenya | MYD | 237 km |
| Kilimanjaro International AirportArusha | JRO | 289 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,527 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,574 km | 6 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,806 km | 5 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,322 km | 9 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,295 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 16,054 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,246 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,305 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,692 km | 14 h 35 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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