Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

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Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (Template:Langx, Template:Comma separated entries) is the main airport in the Zanzibar Archipelago located on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". 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, the island's first president.

Terminals

Terminal 1 is an inactive terminal that was used during the British protectorate of Zanzibar. This is a small building found on the northern side of terminal 2 and currently used as the airport office.

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Airlines and destinations

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The old terminal building
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Aerial view of Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
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On approach to the airport

Passenger

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Cargo

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Statistics

  • Number of flights handled (2005): 14,302[2]
  • Passenger traffic (2005): 418,814[2]
  • Cargo handled (2005): 566 tons[2]

See also

References

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