Songwe Airport

{{Short description|Regional airport in Mbeya region, Tanzania}}

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| name = Songwe Airport

| nativename = {{small|{{native phrase|sw|Uwanja wa Ndege wa Songwe}}}}

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| image = Songwe Airport.jpg

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| caption = An Air Tanzania DHC-8-300 at the airport.

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| ICAO = HTGW

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| type = Public

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| owner = Government of Tanzania

| operator = Tanzania Airports Authority

| city-served = Mbeya, Tanzania

| location = Mbeya Region

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| elevation-f = 4412

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| website = {{url|http://www.taa.go.tz/}}

| coordinates = {{coord|8|55|10|S|33|16|25|E|region:TZ|display=inline,title}}

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| pushpin_map = Tanzania#Africa

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tanzania

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| pushpin_label = HTGW

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| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 09/27

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| r1-length-m = 3330

| r1-surface = Asphalt

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| stat-year = 2015

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = {{increase}} 133,774

| stat2-header = Aircraft movements

| stat2-data = {{decrease}} 1,913

| stat3-header = Cargo (kg)

| stat3-data = {{decrease}} 659,029

| footnotes = Source: TAA {{cite web|title=Tanzania airport traffic statistics until 2015|url=http://www.taa.go.tz/index.php/download/statisticts/16-traffic-statistics|website=taa.go.tz|publisher=Tanzania Airport Authority|access-date=11 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820141647/http://www.taa.go.tz/index.php/download/statisticts/16-traffic-statistics|archive-date=20 August 2016}} Google Maps[https://www.google.com/maps/@-8.9224438,33.2746862,5150m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Songwe] GCM{{GCM|HTGW|Songwe Airport}}

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Songwe Airport {{airport codes||HTGW}}, usually referred to in flight schedules as Mbeya (using the "MBI" IATA code from the unpaved Mbeya Airport), is an airport located in the southern highland region of Mbeya Region, Tanzania, serving the city of Mbeya. it is the largest Airport in southwest Tanzania. Also, due to its proximity to the regional border, it serves the Songwe Region as well. It is {{convert|20|km}} west of the city, off the A104 trunk road, and is able to accommodate commercial jet traffic, whereas the unpaved Mbeya Airport is not.

The Songwe non-directional beacon (Ident: SW) is located {{convert|4.8|nmi|km}} off the threshold of runway 28.{{Cite web|url=https://skyvector.com/?ll=-8.919,33.376&chart=301&zoom=1|title=SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts|website=skyvector.com|access-date=2018-08-28}}