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Julius Nyerere International Airport

Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaIATA: DARICAO: HTDA
Current airport: DAR

Arrivals

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The runways at this airport

What do the colors mean?

  • No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
  • Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
  • Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
  • Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.

The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.

Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.

2 runways · Longest runway: 9,843 ft

  • 05/239,843 ft · heading 45/225 degrees
  • 14/323,280 ft · heading 135/315 degrees

We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.

Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.

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Airport facts

Practical information

Full name
Julius Nyerere International Airport
City and country
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
IATA / ICAO
DAR / HTDA
Time zone
Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Terminal
1, 2, 3
Category
Major airport

Terminals: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's main gateway

Julius Nyerere International Airport (IATA DAR, ICAO HTDA) lies about twelve kilometers southwest of the center of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city and commercial capital on the Indian Ocean coast. It is the country's busiest airport and the home of Air Tanzania, and for most visitors the first stop on the way to Zanzibar, the southern safari parks of Selous and Ruaha, or the business districts of the city. The radar on this page shows what our data sources report around Dar es Salaam; the arrivals and departures pages are linked above it. Tanzania is two hours ahead of Central Europe in winter and one in summer.

Airlines and destinations

Air Tanzania flies the domestic network to Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza, Dodoma and the safari towns, and abroad to Nairobi, Entebbe, Lusaka, Harare, Mumbai and Guangzhou; Precision Air is the other domestic carrier. From Europe, KLM flies from Amsterdam and Turkish Airlines from Istanbul, while Qatar Airways, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways connect the city with their hubs in Doha, Dubai, Addis Ababa and Nairobi and, through them, with the rest of the world. Dar es Salaam lies beyond the reach of our receivers, so the live radar depends on other data sources.

Getting into the city and on to Zanzibar

Taxis wait outside the terminals and are the practical way into town; agree the fare beforehand or use a ride-hailing app such as Bolt or Uber, and allow 45 minutes to an hour and a half for the drive into the center, because the traffic on Nyerere Road is heavy. The rapid bus system (DART) has a stop near the airport for the adventurous. For Zanzibar, the twenty-minute flights with Air Tanzania, Precision Air and the small operators leave from the domestic terminal several times a day; the ferry from the city harbor takes two hours.

Good to know

International flights use Terminal 3, opened in 2019 and a big step up in comfort; domestic flights leave from the older Terminal 2 next door, a short walk or shuttle away, so allow time if you connect to Zanzibar or a safari flight. Most visitors need a visa, which can be applied for online in advance or, for many nationalities, bought on arrival in dollars; check the current rules. Yellow fever certificates are checked if you arrive from an affected country. For the northern safari circuit and Kilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro is the better gateway; Zanzibar has its own international flights. Every airport we track is listed in the airport overview.