Longest Airport Runways in Tanzania

Airports in Tanzania ranked by the length of their longest open runway.

📅 2026📏 metres22 entries🇹🇿 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 22

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Kilimanjaro International AirportArusha · 11,811 ft · ASP

3,600 m

Songwe AirportMbeya · 10,925 ft · ASP

3,330 m

Mwanza International AirportMwanza · 10,212 ft · ASP

3,113 m

Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibar · 9,915 ft · ASP

3,022 m

Julius Nyerere International AirportDar es Salaam · 9,843 ft · ASP

3,000 m

Seronera AirportSeronera · 7,480 ft · GVL

2,280 m

Mtwara AirportMtwara · 7,410 ft · ASP

2,259 m

Shinyanga AirportShinyanga · 6,785 ft · GVL

2,068 m

Dodoma AirportDodoma · 6,700 ft · ASP

2,042 m

Tabora AirportTabora · 6,234 ft · ASP

1,900 m

Kilwa AirportKilwa Masoko · 5,906 ft · GRS

1,800 m

Kigoma AirportKigoma · 5,797 ft · UNK

1,767 m

Lindi AirportLindi · 5,735 ft · grass

1,748 m

Iringa AirportNduli · 5,508 ft · ASP

1,679 m

Arusha AirportArusha · 5,377 ft · BIT

1,639 m

Mafia AirportKilindoni · 5,348 ft · ASP

1,630 m

Musoma AirportMusoma · 5,249 ft · Hard

1,600 m

Pemba AirportChake Chake · 5,003 ft · ASP

1,525 m

Mbeya AirportMbeya · 4,921 ft

1,500 m

Bukoba AirportBukoba · 4,535 ft · Asphalt

1,382 m

Tanga AirportTanga · 4,160 ft · ASP

1,268 m

Lake Manyara AirportLake Manyara National Park · 4,003 ft · BIT

1,220 m

Highlights

Within Tanzania, Kilimanjaro International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,600 m, followed by Songwe Airport (3,330 m) and Mwanza International Airport (3,113 m).

Across 22 entries, values run from 3,600 m (Kilimanjaro International Airport) to 1,220 m (Lake Manyara Airport), with a median of 1,784 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets · Public domain (OurAirports) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Airport and runway records are community maintained and released to the public domain; no guarantee of accuracy is made. Only active small, medium, and large airports are included.

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Highlights

Within Tanzania, Kilimanjaro International Airport ranks first in 2026 with 3,600 m, followed by Songwe Airport (3,330 m) and Mwanza International Airport (3,113 m).

Across 22 entries, values run from 3,600 m (Kilimanjaro International Airport) to 1,220 m (Lake Manyara Airport), with a median of 1,784 m.

Source: OurAirports, airports and runway datasets, 2026. Unit: metres.