Airports / Tanzania / MBI
Songwe Airport
HTGW / MBIMbeya, TanzaniaELEV 4,412 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
72 nm
To the nearest alternate
Karonga Airport (KGJ).
Overview
Songwe Airport (HTGW / MBI) is a mid-sized airport serving Mbeya, Tanzania. The field lies at an elevation of 4,412 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
MBI has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Karonga Airport (KGJ, 72 nm), Mzuzu Airport (ZZU, 158 nm), and Iringa Airport (IRI, 165 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MBI vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MBI, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HTGW
IATA
MBI
FAA / Local
HTGW
Elevation
4,412 ft
Coordinates
8.9199° S · 33.2740° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Tanzania fields
state range 54–4,678 ft
At 4,412 ft, MBI sits higher than 75% of the 12 Tanzania fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 72nmKGJKaronga AirportKaronga
- 158nmZZUMzuzu AirportMzuzu
- 165nmIRIIringa AirportNduli
- 222nmDODDodoma AirportDodoma
- 222nmDWADwangwa AirportDwangwa
- 272nmMFUMfuwe International AirportMfuwe
Location
Open the full mapHTGW · Songwe Airport · Mbeya, Tanzania