Bukoba Airport is a domestic airport located in the city of

Bukoba Bukoba is a city with a population of 128,796 (2012 census), situated in the north west of Tanzania on the south western shores of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region, and the administrative seat for Bukoba Urban District. T ...

, the capital of the

Kagera Region Kagera Region (''Mkoa wa Kagera'' in Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions. The region covers an area of . The region is comparable in size to the combined land area of the nation state of Netherlands. Kagera Region is borde ...

in northwest

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. It is adjacent to

Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...

. The Bukoba

non-directional beacon A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are ...

(Ident: BK) is located on the field. A new asphalt runway and other improvements were completed between April 2011 and April 2014.

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*On 6 November 2022, Precision Air Flight 494 from

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

with 43 people onboard hit the lake when approaching the airport. The crash resulted in 19 fatalities. *On Thursday, November 17 2022 Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) plane failed to land at Bukoba Airport due to bad weather, the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) confirmed. The pilot of the national carrier’s Bombardier plane diverted the flight to Mwanza Airport, where all passengers were offloaded safely, and the plane had to leave for Dar es Salaam to proceed with other schedules.

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* * Airports in Tanzania Bukoba Buildings and structures in the Kagera Region {{Tanzania-airport-stub

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