Julius Nyerere International Airport

Julius Nyerere International Airport is the principal commercial airport of Tanzania and the busiest in the country, handling roughly 2.9 million passengers annually. Named for Tanzania's founding president, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, DAR serves the nation's commercial capital and largest city — home to 7 million people and the economic engine of East Africa outside Nairobi — and functions as the primary international gateway for a country whose tourism economy draws heavily on Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, and Zanzibar. A large share of DAR's international traffic connects onward to Kilimanjaro (JRO) or Zanzibar (ZNZ) via Air Tanzania, Precision Air, or Coastal Aviation. DAR is a hub for Air Tanzania, which operates 787-8, A220, and Q400 equipment to regional African destinations, Mumbai, Guangzhou, and Dubai, and is served by Emirates, Qatar Airways, Ethiopian, Kenya Airways, Turkish, KLM, Swiss, and Rwandair. The airport's Terminal 3, opened in 2019, added significant capacity and is one of the larger modern terminals in sub-Saharan Africa outside Johannesburg, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and Lagos. A single runway, 05/23, measures 9,843 ft (3,000 m) and handles widebody operations including 787, A330, and 777. The airport sits 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of downtown Dar es Salaam at an elevation of 182 ft (55 m), essentially at sea level on the Indian Ocean coast. Two passenger terminals operate in parallel: Terminal 2 handles most domestic and some regional African services, while the new Terminal 3 handles intercontinental and major regional flights.