Kilimanjaro International Airport
Kilimanjaro International Airport
Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) (IATA: JRO, ICAO: HTKJ) is an international airport serving the Kilimanjaro National Park in Tanzania, as well as nearby cities like Arusha and Moshi. The airport handled 1,044,276 passengers in 2024, making it the third busiest airport in the country, after Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam and Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar. It is the largest airport in northern Tanzania by size and passenger volume.
Location
3.427°S, 37.074°E · 894 m s. n. m. (2.932 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3
Tower
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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
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.
In 1998, it became the first international airport in Africa to be privatised. It is operated by the Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company.
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 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".
Airlines operating here · 20
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JRO
MLA
“Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JRO. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/JRO (Accessed: 16 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
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