AirportsKigoma Airport is a small airport serving Kigoma, in Xigoma Region, Tanzania. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TKQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TKQ
- ICAO code
- HTKA
- City
- Kigoma
- State or region
- Xigoma Region
- Country
- Tanzania
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 4.8862° S, 29.6709° E
- Elevation
- 823 m (2,700 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,767 m (5,797 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TKQ means Kigoma Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HTKA. 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 4.8862° S, 29.6709° E. It stands 823 metres (2,700 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
Kigoma Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,767 metres (5,797 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 11.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,767 m 5,797 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kalemie AirportKalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo | FMI | 119 km |
| Gitega AirportGitega, Burundi | GID | 166 km |
| Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International AirportBujumbura, Burundi | BJM | 178 km |
| Kirundo AirportKirundo, Burundi | KRE | 265 km |
| Kamembe AirportKamembe, Rwanda | KME | 283 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,287 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,427 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,351 km | 5 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,889 km | 8 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,495 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,402 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,285 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,139 km | 15 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,521 km | 15 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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