Overview of the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport Zanzibar
Situated on Unguja Island, the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport is the principal airport in the Zanzibar Archipelago. It is nearly 5 kilometres south of the capital of Zanzibar, Zanzibar City. The airport has flights to various destinations in Europe, East Africa and the Middle East.
Previously, the Abeid Amani Karume International airport was known as Kisauni Airport and Zanzibar International Airport. In 2010, it was rechristened in honour of the first president of the island, Abeid Amani Karume.
South approach and takeoffs are over the water. The Zanzibar non-directional beacon is located on the field, while the Zanzibar VOR-DME is situated 0.4 nautical miles off the south edge of the runway.
The Abeid Amani Karume international airport code is ZNZ.
Terminals at the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
Terminal 1
Terminal 1 is an unused terminal that was used during British protection of the archipelagoes. It is a small building located on the northern end of Terminal 2. It is presently used as the Abeid Amani Karume International airport office.
Terminal 2
This terminal is available for all landing airplanes. A new shelter at the airport entrance has been erected.
Terminal 3
A Chinese construction company, Beijing Construction Engineering Group, started work on the construction of a third terminal at the Abeid Amani Karume International airport in January 2011. A new 100,000-square-metre apron will replace the current 21,000-square-metre apron. It is projected that the project will cost close to $70.4 million. It is expected to have the capacity to serve 1.5 million Abeid Amani Karume international airport arrivals each year, once completed. The new terminal was projected to become operational in 2014. However, financial and technical issues led to delays in construction works. The new terminal was opened in 2020 and is expected to become operational by the end of December 2020. Once it begins operation, the terminal will handle international flights while Terminal 2 will handle local flights only.
Airlines and Destinations at the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
Passenger
The air carriers listed below operate passenger flights to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
| Air Carrier | Destination(s) |
| Auric Air | Pangani, Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Saadani, Pemba Island, Mafia Island, Serengeti, Maasai, Kilimanjaro region, Mara, Kigali, Arusha, Entebbe, Mikumi, Ruaha, Songea, Iringa and Selous |
| Coastal Aviation | Tanga, Mafia Island, Pemba Island, Manyara, Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Kilwa Masoko, Mwanza and Seronera |
| Royal Flight | Periodic charter: Rostov-on-Don, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Samara, Kazan, St. Petersburg, Kazan and Moswcow (Sheremetyevo) |
| Azur Air | Periodic charter: St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Samara, Rostov-on-Don and Moscow (Vnukovo) |
| ZanAir | Dar es Salaam, Selous, Saadani, Arusha and Pemba Island |
| Flightlink Limited | Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Seronera and Pemba Island |
| Neos | Periodic: Verona, Bologna, Rome (Fiumicino) and Milan (Malpensa) |
| As-Salaam Air | Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Pemba Island and Arusha |
| Precision Air | Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Pemba Island and Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta) |
| Blue Panorama Airlines | Periodic: Rome (Fiumicino), Milan (Malpensa) Periodic charter: Warsaw (Chopin) |
| Tropical Air | Pemba Island, Dar es Salaam and Mbeya |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Dar es Salaam and Addis Ababa |
| Animawings | Periodic: Cluj (Napoca), Bucharest |
| Fly540 | Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta), Mombasa |
| Oman Air | Muscat, Dar es Salaam |
| Luke Air | Periodic charter: Prague (To begin August 5, 2021) |
| Utair | Perioic charter: Moscow (Vnukovo) |
| Air Tanzania | Dar es Salaam |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Periodic: Amsterdam |
| LOT Polish Airlines | Periodic charter: Warsaw (Chopin) |
| Nordwind Airlines | Periodic charter: Moscow (Sheremetyevo) |
| Enter Air | Periodic charter: Wroclaw |
| Flydubai | Dubai (International) |
| Condor | Periodic: Frankfurt |
| Arkia | Periodic: Tel Aviv |
| Kenya Airways | Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta) |
| Mango | Johannesburg (OR Tambo) |
| TUI fly Nordic | Periodic charter: Stockholm (Arlanda. To begin November 6, 2021) |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| Uganda Airlines | Entebbe |
| Israir | Periodic: Tel Aviv |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul |
| Regional Air Services | Arusha |
| Malawian Airlines | Lilongwe |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
Freights at the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport
| Air Carrier | Destination(s) |
| Kenya Airways Cargo | Mombasa, Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta) |
| Astral Aviation | Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta) |
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