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Airport information for Dar Es Salaam Airport Country: Tanzania Location: Dar Es Salaam Coordinates: 06.53.00S / 039.12.00E IATA Code: DAR Timezone: GMT +3 Direct flights form Dar Es Salaam Airport Direct flights to Dar Es Salaam Airport Find connecting flights to Dar Es Salaam Airport Find connecting flights from Dar Es Salaam Airport

You can fly to Dar Es Salaam from: Direct fligths from Pemba Airport Direct fligths from Shinyanga Airport Direct fligths from Kigoma Airport Direct fligths from Zanzibar Kisauni Airport Direct fligths from Doha Airport Direct fligths from Musoma Airport Direct fligths from Mwanza Airport Direct fligths from Mtwara Airport Direct fligths from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Airport Direct fligths from Kilimanjaro Airport Direct fligths from London Heathrow Airport Direct fligths from Addis Ababa Bole Airport Direct fligths from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Direct fligths from Dubai Airport Direct fligths from Entebbe Kampala Airport Direct fligths from Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport Direct fligths from Lilongwe Airport Direct fligths from Blantyre Chileka Airport Direct fligths from Cairo Airport

You can fly from Dar Es Salaam to: Direct fligths to Tabora Airport Direct fligths to Kigoma Airport Direct fligths to Mwanza Airport Direct fligths to Zanzibar Kisauni Airport Direct fligths to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Airport Direct fligths to Entebbe Kampala Airport Direct fligths to Pemba Airport Direct fligths to Kilimanjaro Airport Direct fligths to Addis Ababa Bole Airport Direct fligths to Blantyre Chileka Airport Direct fligths to Cairo Airport Direct fligths to Doha Airport Direct fligths to Dubai Airport Direct fligths to Harare Airport Direct fligths to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo Airport Direct fligths to London Heathrow Airport Direct fligths to Mtwara Airport



Julius Nyerere International Airport ((IATA: DAR, ICAO: HTDA), is the principal airport assisting Dar es Salaam, the biggest town in Tanzania. The airport is named after the 1st Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere.

History

The German colonial Government made the 1st airport in Tanganyika at Kurasini in Temeke District in 1918. It was named Mkeja Airport.

Another airport known as Dar es Salaam Airport, Terminal I, was made at Ukonga area , as the former is able to not suffer the claims. Therefore the Government of Tanzania continued the airport to Terminal II in 1979. It was kick off by Julius Nyerere in October 1984.

In October 2005, Dar es Salaam International Airport (DIA) was renamed Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere International Airport.

A aggregative of 9,501,265 riders used the airport from 1980 to 2004; meaning 2,770 riders per solar day.

On November 1, 2006 the Government of Tanzania make up one's mind to rename the airport again, currently getting Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA).

JNIA currently

In 2006, the airport assisted 1,249,419 riders

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