Songo Songo Island is the main island of the archipelago of the

Songosongo Islands The Songosongo Islands is an Archipelago in Kilwa District of Lindi Region in Tanzania's Indian ocean coast.The archipelago is composed of 21 coral reefs A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs a ...

located in Songosongo ward of

Kilwa District Kilwa District (''Wilaya ya Kilwa'' in Swahili) is one of six administrative districts of Lindi Region in Tanzania. The District covers an area of . The district is comparable in size to the land area of the nation state of East Timor. Kilwa d ...

of Lindi Region in

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 ...

. It is served by the Songo Songo Airstrip. The island's native inhabitants are the Matumbi people.

Airstrip

Songo Songo Airstrip is a private

aerodrome An aerodrome (Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for publ ...

on the island. , it was served, along with nearby

Mafia Island Mafia Island (Kisiwa cha Mafia) is an island and district of Pwani Region, Tanzania. The island is the third largest in Tanzanian ocean territory, but is not administratively included within the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar, which has been ...

, by

Coastal Aviation Coastal Aviation is an airline that operates out of Julius Nyerere International Airport, Terminal 1, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It services many areas in Tanzania, but also operates regionally to neighboring countries, including Kenya and Rw ...

. The airstrip has a single paved runway measuring about , and it is managed by the

Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation The Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (Swahili: ''Shirika la Maendeleo ya Petroli Tanzania'') is the national oil company of Tanzania and owner of all licenses for energy development in the country. The company was established through the ...

(TPDC).

Gallery

File:Songo Songo Airstrip.jpg, Airstrip File:Songo Songo Gas Plant.jpg, Gas Plant File:Our flying machine.jpg, Tanzanair flight at Songo Songo Airstrip

References

Coastal islands of Tanzania Geography of Lindi Region {{Lindi-geo-stub