Tambohorano Airport is a small airport serving Tambohorano, in Mahajanga, Madagascar. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WTA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WTA
- ICAO code
- FMMU
- City
- Tambohorano
- State or region
- Mahajanga
- Country
- Madagascar
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 17.4761° S, 43.9728° E
- Elevation
- 7 m (23 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WTA means Tambohorano Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FMMU. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 17.4761° S, 43.9728° E. It stands 7 metres (23 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Maintirano, about 66 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Indian/Antananarivo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Besalampy AirportBesalampy | BPY | 98 km |
| Soalala AirportSoalala | DWB | 212 km |
| Morondava AirportMorondava | MOQ | 314 km |
| Amborovy AirportMahajanga | MJN | 324 km |
| Tsaratanana AirportTsaratanana | TTS | 396 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,235 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,148 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,909 km | 6 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,794 km | 11 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,586 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 17,480 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,895 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,639 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,431 km | 13 h 05 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.