ZNZHTZA

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

Zanzibar, Tanzania · Africa

Africa Africa/Dar_es_Salaam

41direct destinations

35airlines

1runway

3,022 mLongest runway

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (Swahili: Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Abeid Amani Karume, IATA: ZNZ, ICAO: HTZA) is the main airport in the Zanzibar Archipelago located on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, and has flights to East Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. It was previously known as Kisauni Airport and Zanzibar International Airport. It was renamed in 2010 in honour of Abeid Amani Karume (1905–1972), the island's first president.

Location

6.222°S, 39.225°E · 16 m s. n. m. (54 ft)

General data

CountryTanzania

CityZanzibar

IATA codeZNZ

ICAO codeHTZA

Coordinates6.222°S, 39.225°E

Elevation16 m s. n. m. (54 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam

Runways1

Longest runway3,022 m

Direct destinations41

Official website

Runways · 1

18/36

Length3,022 m9,915 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

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

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

121.200Zanzibar Tower · APP

Ground

121.700Zanzibar Ground

ATIS (automatic information)

126.400

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 They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation.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 · 35

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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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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This page was last updated on October 15, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ). Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ZNZ

MLA

“Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 15 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ZNZ. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ).” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 15, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ZNZ.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ZNZ (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_znz,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ZNZ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/ZNZ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

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