Sumbawanga Airport
Sumbawanga Airport is an airport in western Tanzania serving the town of Sumbawanga in Rukwa Region. The government has sought funds from the European Investment Bank for the upgrade of the airport.Stella Manyanga, the Rukwa Regional Commissioner has instead urged the government to construct a new airport at Kisumba village as the present facility does not have enough land for future expansion.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Sumbawanga
Sumbawanga is a city located in western Tanzania. It is the capital of Rukwa Region and the municipal seat of Sumbawanga Urban District with postcode number 55100.
Sumbawanga Airport
- Type: Airport
- Description: airport in Rukwa Region, Tanzania
- Categories: airport, aerodrome and transportation
- Location: Chanji, Sumbawanga Urban, Rukwa, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-7.967° or 7° 58' 1" southLongitude
31.667° or 31° 40' 1" eastElevation
1,957 metres (6,421 feet)IATA airport code
SUTICAO airport code
HTSUOpen Location Code
6G4H2MM8+6RGeoNames ID
7730625Wikidata ID
Q7220745Sumbawanga Airport Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: مطار سومباوانغا
- Cebuano: Sumbawanga Airport
- English: HTSU
- English: SUT
- French: S/WANGA
- French: aérodrome de Sumbawanga
- Greek: Αεροδρόμιο Σουμπαουάνγκα
- Indonesian: HTSU
- Indonesian: SUT
- Japanese: スンバワンガ空港
- Malay: Lapangan Terbang Sumbawanga
- Norwegian: Sumbawanga lufthavn
- Norwegian Bokmål: Sumbawanga lufthavn
- Romanian: Aeroportul Sumbawanga
- Swahili: Uwanja wa ndege wa Sumbawanga
Other Places Named Sumbawanga Airport
Localities in the Area
Landmarks in the Area
- MalonjeMountain, 9 km southeast
- TweleleHill, 10 km southwest
- Mbizi MountainsMountain, 11 km north
- Mbizi Hill Forest ReserveForest reserve, 11 km north
- Sumbawanga Forest ReserveForest reserve, 13 km northwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Sumbawanga Airport. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.