Julius Nyerere International Airport

Julius Nyerere International Airport

Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa
wa Julius Nyerere
 (Swahili)
Airside view of Terminal II
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTanzania Airports Authority
LocationDar es Salaam, Tanzania
OpenedOctober 1954 (1954-10)[1]
Hub for
Time zoneEAT (UTC+03:00)
Elevation AMSL55 m / 180 ft
Coordinates06°52′41″S 39°12′10″E / 6.87806°S 39.20278°E / -6.87806; 39.20278
Websitetaa.go.tz/airports/jnia
Map
DAR is located in Tanzania
DAR
DAR
DAR is located in Africa
DAR
DAR
DAR is located in Earth
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DAR
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
14/32 1,000 3,281 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Passengers2,289,000[2]
Land area1,700 ha (4,200 acres)[3]
Source: TAA[4]

Julius Nyerere International Airport (IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA) is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It is named after Julius Nyerere, the nation's first president.[5]

  1. ^ "JNIA History". Tanzania Airports Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "2022: Tanzania in Figures" (PDF). National Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ "JNIA Facts". Tanzania Airports Authority. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Zacharia, Alfred (13 February 2018). "Government says no more delays in JNIA work". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.