MWZHTMW

Mwanza International Airport

Mwanza, Tanzania · Africa

Africa Africa/Dar_es_Salaam

11direct destinations

5airlines

1runway

3,113 mLongest runway

Mwanza Airport (IATA: MWZ, ICAO: HTMW) is a major regional airport in northern Tanzania serving the city of Mwanza. It is located near the southern shores of Lake Victoria approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the city. It serves as the main hub for Auric Air and a secondary hub for Precision Air.

Location

2.447°S, 32.936°E · 1.147 m s. n. m. (3.763 ft)

General data

CountryTanzania

CityMwanza

IATA codeMWZ

ICAO codeHTMW

Coordinates2.447°S, 32.936°E

Elevation1.147 m s. n. m. (3.763 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam

Runways1

Longest runway3,113 m

OperatorTanzania Airports Authority

Direct destinations11

Runways · 1

12/30

Length3,113 m10,213 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 1

Tower

123.100TWR · APP

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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.

Airlines operating here · 5

Other airlines with direct routes

Auric Air Coastal Aviation Air Tanzania Precision Air Flightlink

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

Photo: Pastor James Gleason · CC BY-SA 3.0 · view original

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). Mwanza International Airport (MWZ). Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MWZ

MLA

“Mwanza International Airport (MWZ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MWZ. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_mwz,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Mwanza International Airport (MWZ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MWZ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/MWZ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-18},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-18}
}

Wikipedia

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