Bukoba Airport

Bukoba Airport in 2008

*Uwanja wa Ndege wa Bukoba* (Swahili)
Bukoba Airport in 2008; Uwanja wa Ndege wa Bukoba (Swahili)
	IATA: BKZ; ICAO: HTBU; WMO: 63729;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Tanzania
Operator	Tanzania Airports Authority
Location	Sokoine Road, Bukoba, Kagera Region, Tanzania
Elevation AMSL	3,766 ft / 1,148 m
Coordinates	1°19′50″S 31°49′10″E / 1.33056°S 31.81944°E
Website	www.taa.go.tz
Map
	BKZ Location of Bukoba airport.
Runways
Statistics (2013)
Passengers
Passengers	25,943
Aircraft movements	1,946
Cargo (kg)	6,851
	Source: TAA TCAA Google Maps GCM

Bukoba Airport (IATA: BKZ, ICAO: HTBU) is a domestic airport located in the city of Bukoba, the capital of the Kagera Region in northwest Tanzania. It is adjacent to Lake Victoria.

The Bukoba non-directional beacon (Ident: BK) is located on the field.^[6]^[7]

A new asphalt runway and other improvements were completed between April 2011 and April 2014.^[8]^[9]

^ Mulisa, Meddy (4 January 2014). "Bukoba residents to be compensated". Daily News (Tanzania). Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^ "Consolidated Traffic Statistics". Tanzania Airports Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
^ "List of Aerodromes in Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
^ Google Maps - Bukoba
^ Airport information for BKZ at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Bukoba NDB (BK) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
^ "Upgrading and rehabilitation of Bukoba Airport". Tanzania Airports Authority. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ See Google Earth historical images.