Kilimanjaro Airport
| Kilimanjaro International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | HTKJ |
| IATA code | JRO |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 894 m (2933 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 30 km west of Moshi |
| Basic data | |
| opening | December 1971 |
| surface | 10.9 ha |
| Passengers | 665,147 (2012) |
| Air freight | 4711 t (2006) |
| Flight movements |
17,133 (2006) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 09/27 | 3607 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Kilimanjaro International Airport (English: Kilimanjaro International Airport, IATA : JRO , ICAO : HTKJ ) is an airport in Tanzania . It is located southwest of the Kilimanjaro massif .
The airport was built on a high plateau about 30 km west of Moshi in the direction of the neighboring city of Arusha on the other side of the extensive river plains south of the mountain range .
The Kilimanjaro International Airport is a small airport, but due to its proximity to the major tourist attractions around the Kilimanjaro of particular importance. KLM flies directly from Amsterdam several times a week , Condor Flugdienst offers non-stop flights from Frankfurt am Main , Edelweiss Air offers weekly flights from Zurich, and Ethiopian Airlines has connections from several European airports several times a week via Addis Ababa . In 2012, 665,147 passengers were registered. The largest aircraft that can land in JRO is the Boeing 747 . This makes it the second largest airport in the country after Dar es Salaam Airport .
Most of the safaris in East Africa start from the airport , for example to the Serengeti National Park , to the Ngorongoro Crater, to Lake Victoria and of course to the Kilimanjaro massif.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Waziri wa Uchukuzi awasilisha Bungeni Makadirio ya Mapato na Matumizi ya Fedha ya Mwaka 2013/2014", Tanzania Ministry of Transport, page 60 ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b ACI ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
