DARHTDA

Julius Nyerere International Airport

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · Africa

Africa Africa/Dar_es_Salaam IVCA 44.2

54direct destinations

28airlines

2runways

3,000 mLongest runway

Julius Nyerere International Airport (IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA) is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It is named after Julius Nyerere (1922–1999), the nation's first president.

Location

6.873°S, 39.207°E · 55 m s. n. m. (182 ft)

General data

CountryTanzania

CityDar es Salaam

IATA codeDAR

ICAO codeHTDA

Coordinates6.873°S, 39.207°E

Elevation55 m s. n. m. (182 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam

Runways2

Longest runway3,000 m

OperatorTanzania Airports Authority

Direct destinations54

Official website Its quality in the IVCA Ranking

Runways · 2

05/23

Length3,000 m9,843 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

14/32

Length1,000 m3,281 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

118.300

Approach

119.600

Area control (center)

119.300CON

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

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". A total of 9,501,265 passengers used the airport from 1980 to 2004, averaging 2,770 per day. 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. 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. After completion of Terminal III, it is expected that Terminal II will be devoted only to domestic passengers. It is proposed to build a rail shuttle link from the airport to the city, and rail coaches had been bought, as of 2014. The new Terminal 3 was constructed using domestic funding, and started operations in August 2019. In October 2022, it was announced that Terminal 2 was ready to be renovated soon by the Government of Tanzania. In February 2022, Tanzania Airports Authority announced their plans of developing a four-star hotel and commercial complex at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).

Airlines operating here · 28

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Air Tanzania

Other airlines with direct routes

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Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAR

MLA

“Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAR. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAR (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_dar,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAR},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/DAR}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

Wikipedia

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