ABEID AMANI KARUME INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT – ZANZIBAR

Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ), is the main airport in the Zanzibar Archipelago located on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, and has flights to East Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

It was previously known as Kisauni Airport and Zanzibar International Airport. It was renamed in 2010 in honour of Abeid Amani Karume, the island’s first president.

Terminals

Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is Handling all domestic Flights.

Terminal 3

The new Terminal 3 was officially opened in October 2020. In Terminal 3 you will find Departures (Check-In) on the left and Arrivals (Baggage Claim) on the right. The security check and boarding gates can be found on the first floor.

Construction of the third terminal started in January 2011 by the Chinese Beijing Construction Engineering Group. A new apron of 100,000 square metres (1,100,000 sq ft) replaced the existing 21,000 square metres (230,000 sq ft). The project was estimated to cost about US$70.4 million. it has the capacity to serve up to 1.5 million passengers per year. The terminal was expected to be operational in 2014, but construction work was delayed due to financial and technical reasons.