Kilimanjaro International Airport (IATA: JRO, ICAO: HTKJ) is the second, albeit small international airport of Tanzania. It serves the Kilimanjaro area including the cities of Arusha and Moshi near Mount Kilimanjaro, and the international tourism industry based on Mount Kilimanjaro, Arusha National Park, Ngorongoro Crater, and Serengeti National Park. The airport styles itself as "the gateway to Africa's wildlife heritage". An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Arusha with a view of Mount Meru This article refers to the city of Arusha. ... View on Kilimanjaro from Moshi. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... The term asphalt is often used as an abbreviation for asphalt concrete. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ... The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Arusha with a view of Mount Meru This article refers to the city of Arusha. ... View on Kilimanjaro from Moshi. ... For other uses, see Kilimanjaro (disambiguation). ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Arusha National Park is a national park in Arusha Region, Tanzania. ... Ngorongoro crater is the worlds largest unbroken volcanic caldera, sited towards the northwest of Arusha in Tanzania, and is connected to the Serengeti savannah to its immediate south. ... The Serengeti National Park ( ) is a large national park in Serengeti area, Tanzania, Africa. ...

Many international visitors also go to national parks in Kenya, to the Indian Ocean coast and islands such as Zanzibar, and to Lake Victoria, reflected in the routes of connecting flights.

Despite its small size, the airport can handle aircraft up to Boeing 747s. The airport is not a hub for any airline, but because it is in Tanzania it sees a large number of flights from Air Tanzania. Airplane and Aeroplane redirect here. ... The Boeing 747, sometimes nicknamed the Jumbo Jet,[4][5] is a long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing in the United States. ... Air Tanzania is the national airline of Tanzania, based in Dar es Salaam. ...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines lands at this airport en route to Dar es Salaam. For many Europeans this is their first stop in Tanzania. KLM can also refer to KLM (Human Computer Interaction) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Dutch: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is an airline subsidiary of Air France-KLM based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ...

The airport served 294,750 passengers in 2004.

Airlines and destinations

• Airkenya Express (Mombasa, Nairobi)
• Air Tanzania (Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Mwanza, Zanzibar)
• Air Uganda (Entebbe/Kampala)
• Community Airlines (Dar es Salaam)
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt, Mombasa)
• Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa, Nairobi)
• Kenya Airways (Nairobi, Mombasa)
• KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
• Precision Air (Dar es Salaam, Entebbe/Kampala, Mwanza, Nairobi, Zanzibar)
• Regional Air Services (Tanzania)
• Rwandair Express (Kigali)
• ZanAir (Zanzibar)

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External links

• Official site
• Airport information for HTKJ at World Aero Data