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{{Short description|Airport in located in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania}}
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| stat1-data   = {{decrease}} 780,800<ref name="Reno"/>
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| footnotes    = Source: [[Tanzania Airports Authority|TAA]]<ref name=TAA_Stats_2014>{{cite web|title=TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS STATISTICS ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2014 |url=http://www.taa.go.tz/index.php/download/statisticts/9-taa-annual-statistics-report-2014/file |website=Tanzania Airport Authority |access-date=14 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305153917/http://www.taa.go.tz/index.php/download/statisticts/9-taa-annual-statistics-report-2014/file |archive-date= 5 March 2016 }}</ref>
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'''Kilimanjaro International Airport''' ('''KIA''') {{Airport codes|JRO|HTKJ}} is in [[Hai District]], [[Kilimanjaro Region]], [[Tanzania]]. The airport serves the cities of [[Arusha]] and [[Moshi, Tanzania|Moshi]]. The airport handled 802,731 passengers in 2014<ref name="Reno"/> and serves mainly regional flights, and a few long-haul services due to its importance as a leisure destination. It is the largest airport in northern Tanzania by size and passenger volume.

==Overview==
[[File:Kilimanjaro Airport Boarding Gates.jpg|thumb|The passenger boarding gate area]]

Many international visitors also go to national parks in Tanzania, to the Indian Ocean coast, to islands such as [[Zanzibar]], and to [[Lake Victoria]], reflected in the routes of connecting flights. With a runway almost {{Convert|12000|ft}} long, the airport can handle [[Fixed-wing aircraft|aircraft]] as large as [[Boeing 747]]s and [[Antonov 124]]s.<ref name="KADCO"/> The airport served 665,147 passengers in 2012, a 3.7 percent increase over 2011.<ref name="Budget">{{in lang|sw}}[http://www.mot.go.tz/images/uploads/HOTUBA_UCHUKUZI_2013_CHAPA.pdf "Waziri wa Uchukuzi awasilisha Bungeni Makadirio ya Mapato na Matumizi ya Fedha ya Mwaka 2013/2014", Tanzania Ministry of Transport, page 60] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310232101/http://www.mot.go.tz/images/uploads/HOTUBA_UCHUKUZI_2013_CHAPA.pdf |date=10 March 2014 }}</ref> The airport served 802,731 passengers in 2014, of whom 45 percent were international, 38 percent domestic, and 17 percent transit.<ref name="Reno"/>

On 19 February 2014, the governments of Tanzania and the Netherlands signed a grant arrangement to rehabilitate the airport, including its aprons, taxiways, and terminal building. The total cost of the project was expected to be €35.5 million, with €15.0 million funded by the Netherlands and the remainder by Tanzania. The design phase, completed by 2014, was financed entirely by the Dutch government.<ref>[http://kilimanjaroairport.co.tz/index.php/component/content/article/9-news/68-tanzania-and-the-netherlands-to-rehabilitate-kia "Tanzania and the Netherlands to rehabilitate KIA", Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company ]</ref> In November 2015, renovations began at the airport, aimed at doubling its capacity from  600,000 passengers to 1.2 million annually. The renovation work was being done by BAM International, a subsidiary of the [[Royal BAM Group]] in the Netherlands, at a cost of US$39.7 million, and was expected to be completed in May 2017.<ref name="Reno">{{cite web | title=Kilimanjaro airport upgrade to double its capacity | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Kilimanjaro-airport-upgrade-to-double-its-capacity-/-/2560/2975796/-/tq738cz/-/index.html| last=Ihucha | first=Adam | access-date=29 November 2015 | date=28 November 2015  | newspaper=[[The EastAfrican]] | location=Nairobi}}</ref>

==History==
Kilimanjaro Airport cost US$13 million to build. It opened on 2 December 1971, with construction financed by a long-term loan from the Italian government.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/12/03/79408987.pdf "Tanzania Airport Opens", ''The New York Times,'' 2 December 1971]</ref>

In 1998, it became the first international airport in Africa to be privatised. It is operated by the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company.<ref name="KADCO"/>

The airport facilitates the [[tourism industry]] for visitors travelling to four regions: [[Arusha Region]], [[Kilimanjaro Region]], [[Mara Region]] and [[Manyara Region]]. Attractions in the regions include [[Mount Kilimanjaro|Mount Kilimanjaro National Park]], [[Arusha National Park]], [[Tarangire National Park]], [[Lake Manyara National Park]], the [[Ngorongoro Conservation Area]], and [[Serengeti National Park]]. The airport bills itself as the "Gateway to Africa's Wildlife Heritage".<ref name="KADCO">[http://www.kilimanjaroairport.co.tz "KIA at a Glance", Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company]</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
The following airlines maintain regular, scheduled passenger and cargo service to and from Kilimanjaro International Airport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kilimanjaroairport.co.tz/index.php/2011-05-02-12-33-35/airlines-operators |title=Airline Operators |date=2014 |publisher=Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company |access-date=24 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103082808/http://www.kilimanjaroairport.co.tz/index.php/2011-05-02-12-33-35/airlines-operators |archive-date=3 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Qatar+to+fly+to+KIA+daily++/-/2560/1465362/-/86puy6z/-/index.html|title=Qatar to fly to KIA daily|work=The East African|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-UK|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145859/http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Qatar+to+fly+to+KIA+daily++/-/2560/1465362/-/86puy6z/-/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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| [[Air France]] | [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Air France Resumes Kilimanjaro Service From Nov 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240620-afnw24jro |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Airkenya Express]] | [[Wilson Airport (Kenya)|Nairobi–Wilson]]
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| [[Air Tanzania]] | [[Julius Nyerere International Airport|Dar es Salaam]], [[Entebbe International Airport|Entebbe]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279639/air-tanzania-resumes-entebbe-bujumbura-service-from-late-august-2018/|title=Air Tanzania resumes Entebbe / Bujumbura service from late-August 2018}}</ref> [[Abeid Amani Karume International Airport|Zanzibar]]
| [[Brussels Airlines]] | [[Brussels Airport|Brussels]] (starts 3 June 2026)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/brussels-airlines/brussels-airlines-adds-kilimanjaro-to-its-african-network-in-summer-2026//|title=Brussels Airlines adds Kilima jaro to its African network in summer 2026}}</ref>
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| [[Coastal Aviation]] | [[Arusha Airport|Arusha]], [[Lake Manyara Airport|Lake Manyara]], [[Mwanza Airport|Mwanza]], [[Seronera Airstrip|Seronera]], [[Abeid Amani Karume International Airport|Zanzibar]]
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| [[Discover Airlines]] | [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]]
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| [[Edelweiss Air]] | [[Zurich Airport|Zurich]] 
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| [[Ethiopian Airlines]] | [[Bole International Airport|Addis Ababa]]<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADD|pages=17-19}}</ref> 
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| [[flydubai]] | [[Dubai International Airport|Dubai–International]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hoteliermiddleeast.com/hme/30917-flydubai-to-begin-flights-to-kilimanjaro-by-october | title=Flydubai to begin flights to Kilimanjaro by October - Hotelier Middle East | date=18 June 2017 }}</ref>
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| [[Kenya Airways]] | [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta]]<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Nairobi, Kenya NBO|pages=776-778}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250325-kqns25int|title=Kenya Airways NS25 International Service Changes – 23MAR25|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 March 2025|accessdate=25 March 2025|language=en}}</ref>
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| [[KLM]] | [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]]{{Ref|1|1}} 
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| [[Qatar Airways]] | [[Hamad International Airport|Doha]]{{Ref|2|2}}
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| [[Regional Air Services (Tanzania)|Regional Air Services]] | [[Arusha Airport|Arusha]], [[Lake Manyara Airport|Lake Manyara]]
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| [[RwandAir]] | [[Kigali International Airport|Kigali]]
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| [[Safarilink Aviation]] | [[Wilson Airport (Kenya)|Nairobi–Wilson]]
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| [[Turkish Airlines]] | [[Istanbul Airport|Istanbul]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://onemileatatime.com/istanbul-airport-transition-delay/|title=Istanbul New Airport Transition Delayed Until April 5, 2019 (At The Earliest)|date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
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| [[Uganda Airlines]] | [[Entebbe International Airport|Entebbe]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Uganda Airlines resumes operation from late-Aug 2019 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/286017/uganda-airlines-resumes-operation-from-late-aug-2019/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>
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'''Notes''':<br />
<small>{{Ref|1|1}}: [[KLM]]'s outbound flights from Kilimanjaro to Amsterdam make a stop in Dar es Salaam. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam.</small><br />
<small>{{Ref|2|2}}: [[Qatar Airways]]' outbound flights from Kilimanjaro to Doha make a stop in Dar es Salaam. However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Kilimanjaro and Dar es Salaam.</small><br />

==Accidents and incidents==
On 18 December 2013, an [[Ethiopian Airlines]] [[Boeing 767]] (ET-AQW) flying from [[Addis Ababa International Airport|Addis Ababa]] to Kilimanjaro International Airport (runway length 11,811 feet) mistakenly landed at [[Arusha Airport|Arusha Municipal Field]] (runway length 6,102 feet), overrunning the end of the runway<ref>Thome, Wolfgang H. 18 December 2013. Ethiopian Airlines in Unscheduled Landing at Arusha Municipal Field. eturbo news.com Retrieved 18 December 2013</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.kilimanjaroairport.go.tz// Official website]

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