Bukoba Airport

Airport in Kagera Region, Tanzania

BKZ

Location of Bukoba airport.

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
13/31	1,385	4,544	Asphalt^[1]

Statistics (2013)

Passengers	25,943
Aircraft movements	1,946
Cargo (kg)	6,851

Source: TAA^[2] TCAA^[3] Google Maps^[4] GCM^[5]

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]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Tanzania	Mwanza
Auric Air	Mwanza, Rubondo
Precision Air	Dar es Salaam, Mwanza

Statistics

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Annual passenger traffic at BKZ airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

On 6 November 2022, Precision Air Flight 494 from Dar es Salaam with 43 people on board crashed into Lake Victoria while attempting to land at the airport during bad weather and low visibility. The crash resulted in 19 fatalities, including both pilots who drowned before rescue workers could reach them.^[10]

References

^ 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.
^ Mtulya, Athuman; Lasteck, Alfred (6 November 2022). "Tanzanian Precision Air plane crashes into Lake Victoria". BBC. Retrieved 6 November 2022.