Songwe Airport Uwanja wa Ndege wa Songwe (Swahili) | |||||||||||
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 An Air Tanzania DHC-8-300 at the airport. | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Tanzania | ||||||||||
| Operator | Tanzania Airports Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mbeya, Tanzania | ||||||||||
| Location | Mbeya Region | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,412 ft / 1,345 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 8°55′10″S 33°16′25″E / 8.91944°S 33.27361°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  HTGW Location of airport in Tanzania  HTGW HTGW (Africa) | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2015) | |||||||||||
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Songwe Airport (ICAO: HTGW), usually referred to in flight schedules as Mbeya (using the "MBI" IATA code from the unpaved Mbeya Airport), is an airport located in the southern highland region of Mbeya Region, Tanzania, serving the city of Mbeya. it is the largest Airport in southwest Tanzania. Also, due to its proximity to the regional border, it serves the Songwe Region as well. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the city, off the A104 trunk road, and is able to accommodate commercial jet traffic, whereas the unpaved Mbeya Airport is not.
The Songwe non-directional beacon (Ident: SW) is located 4.8 nautical miles (8.9 km) off the threshold of runway 28.[4]
- ^ "Tanzania airport traffic statistics until 2015". taa.go.tz. Tanzania Airport Authority. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ Google Maps - Songwe
- ^ Airport information for Songwe Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.