Julius Nyerere International Airport

Julius Nyerere International Airport
IATA: DAR – ICAO: HTDA – WMO: 63894
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Tanzanian Government
Operator	Tanzania Airports Authority
Location	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Hub for	Air Tanzania Fastjet Precision Air
Elevation AMSL	182 ft / 55 m
Coordinates	06°52′41″S 39°12′10″E / 6.87806°S 39.20278°ECoordinates: 06°52′41″S 39°12′10″E / 6.87806°S 39.20278°E
Map
DAR Location of airport in Tanzania
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 3,000 9,843 Asphalt 14/32 1,000 3,281 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 2,496,394 Aircraft movements 75,240 Cargo (t) 22,013
Source: TAA[1]

Julius Nyerere International Airport (IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA) is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of the city centre. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. It is named after Julius Nyerere, the nation's first president.

History

The reinforced concrete roof at Terminal II resembles a forest canopy

Control Tower

Radar Tower

Air Tanzania is the flag carrier

Emirates aircraft taxiing at JNIA

Terminal III under construction, July 2015.

In October 2005, "Dar es Salaam International Airport" (DIA) was renamed "Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere International Airport" and on 1 November 2006, "Julius Nyerere International Airport".^[2] A total of 9,501,265 passengers used the airport from 1980 to 2004, averaging 2,770 passengers per day.^[3]

In April 2013, the Tanzania Airports Authority signed a TSH 275 billion contract with BAM International of the Netherlands for the construction of the first phase of Terminal III, with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year.^[4] In November 2015, the second phase was also awarded to BAM, at a contract price of US$110 million, and will add capacity for an additional 2.5 million passengers per year.^[5] After completion of Terminal III, it is expected that Terminal II will be devoted solely to domestic passengers.^[5] It is proposed to build a rail shuttle link from the airport to the city and rail coaches have already been bought for this (2014).^[6]

Airlines and destinations

Map of Destinations from Dar es Salaam Airport

The following airlines operate at the airport:^[7]

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Air Excel	Arusha, Zanzibar	1
Air Mauritius	Mauritius (begins 6 May 2016)[8]	2
Air Tanzania	Kigoma, Moroni, Mtwara	2
Air Zimbabwe	Harare (begins 14 May 2016)[9]	2
Auric Air	Dodoma, Iringa, Mafia, Mbeya–Songwe, Morogoro, Pemba Island, Songea, Sumbawanga, Tanga, Zanzibar	1
Coastal Aviation	Arusha, Bagamoyo, Kilwa, Mafia Island, Manyara, Moshi, Pemba Island, Saadani, Selous, Seronera, Songo Songo Island, Tanga, Zanzibar	1
Comores Aviation	Anjouan, Moroni	2
EgyptAir	Cairo	2
Emirates	Dubai-International	2
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	2
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa	2
Ewa Air	Dzaoudzi	2
Fastjet	Entebbe, Harare, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kilimanjaro, Lusaka, Mbeya-Songwe, Mwanza, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta,[10] Zanzibar [11]	2
Flightlink	Arusha, Dodoma, Manyara, Pemba Island, Selous, Seronera, Zanzibar	1
flydubai	Dubai–International	2
Int'Air Îles	Moroni	2
Interair South Africa	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo	2
Kenya Airways	Mombasa, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta	2
KLM	Amsterdam^1	2
LAM Mozambique Airlines	Maputo, Nampula, Pemba	2
Malawi Airlines	Lilongwe	2
Oman Air	Muscat	2
Precision Air	Arusha, Bukoba, Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Mtwara, Mwanza, Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta, Zanzibar	2
Qatar Airways	Doha	2
RwandAir	Kigali	2
South African Airways	Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo	2
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich^2	2
Tropical Air	Arusha, Mafia Island, Zanzibar	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk	2
ZanAir	Arusha, Pemba Island, Saadani, Selous, Zanzibar	1

Note:

¹: Some of KLM's inbound flights from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam make a stop in Kilimanjaro, while others are nonstop. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam.

²: Swiss International Air Lines' flights from Zürich to Dar es Salaam make a stop in Nairobi. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Astral Aviation	Nairobi-Jomo Kenyatta
Etihad Cargo	Abu Dhabi, Nairobi[12]
Martinair Cargo / KLM	Amsterdam

Statistics

Traffic figures^[1]

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Aircraft Movements	44,289	49,523	50,604	53,218	55,938	61,954	57,790
Number of Passengers	822,398	1,011,392	1,124,235	1,249,419	1,450,558	1,542,778	1,422,846
Total Cargo (Ton)	12,337	14,375	15,574	15,616	18,455	23,039	18,844
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Aircraft Movements	62,620	70,460	75,564	77,185	77,990	75,240	–
Number of Passengers	1,556,410	1,829,219	2088282	2348819	2478055	2496,394	–
Total Cargo (Ton)	19,675	23,946	25,412	21,890	21,254	22,013	–

Aircraft accidents and incidents

• On 3 January 1950, United Air Services flight, flying an Avro Anson C.19 with registration VP-TAT, crash landed at Dar es Salaam International Airport killing both cargo crew members.^[13]
• On 18 May 1989, Aeroflot flight flying a Ilyushin 62 was hijacked by a South African after the plane took off from Luanda, Angola. The hijacker was armed with a grenade and attempted to hold hostage the occupants of the plane that carried members of the African National Congress. The Hijacker was shot by a security guard as he attempted to enter the cockpit. The plane continued its scheduled stop at Dar es Salaam International Airport.^[14]
• On 11 April 2014, Kenya Airways flight KQ-482 flying an Embraer ERJ-190AR had a landing accident upon landing in heavy rains. The plane veered off the runway. All passengers and crew were evacuated, there were no reported fatalities and 3 passengers sustained minor injuries.^[15]

References

1. "Consolidated Traffic Statistics" (XLSX). Tanzania Airports Authority. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
2. "Main airport changes name, yet again"
3. DIA becomes Mwalimu JK Nyerere...
4. "Tanzania: State Seals Contract to Build Terminal Three at Dar Airport", Daily News, reported by Abdulwakil Saiboko, reprinted at allAfrica website, 19 April 2013
5. "BAM wins contract for phase 2 of Dar es Salaam airport", International Construction, KHL Group, reported by Mike Hayes, 30 October 2015
6. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/new-zealand-trains-sold-to-tanzania-and-zimbabwe.html
7. "Airline Operators". Tanzania Airports Authority. 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
8. http://airlineroute.net/2016/03/09/mk-may16/
9. http://www.tourismupdate.co.za/article/108623/Zim-Zam-Air-Zim-resumes-Dar-flights-mulls-China-route
10. "Fastjet Launches Flights to Kenya". Fastjet. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
11. "Fastjet Adds Zanzibar Route from Jan 2016". Airlineroute.net. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
12. http://www.tanzaniainvest.com/transport/news/1163-tanzania-becomes-a-new-market-for-uae-etihad-cargo
13. "Baaa-Acro Archives 1950". Baaa-Acro. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
14. "Ilyushin 62 Aeroflot Hijacking Description". Retrieved 11 June 2015.
15. "3 injured in Tanzania KQ plane mishap". Capital FM. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

• Accident history for DAR at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for HTDA at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for HTDA at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for HTDA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• JNIA approach on YouTube