Airports / Tanzania / LKY
Lake Manyara Airport
HTLM / LKYLake Manyara National Park, TanzaniaELEV 4,150 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
49 nm
To the nearest alternate
Arusha Airport (ARK).
Overview
Lake Manyara Airport (HTLM / LKY) sits in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 4,150 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LKY for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Arusha Airport (ARK, 49 nm), Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO, 75 nm), and Amboseli Airport (ASV, 97 nm).
Charter pricing from LKY depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Lake Manyara National Park.
Field capability
ICAO
HTLM
IATA
LKY
FAA / Local
HTLM
Elevation
4,150 ft
Coordinates
3.3763° S · 35.8183° 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
No
Elevation vs Tanzania fields
state range 54–4,678 ft
At 4,150 ft, LKY sits higher than 67% 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.
- 49nmARKArusha AirportArusha
- 75nmJROKilimanjaro International AirportArusha
- 97nmASVAmboseli AirportOl Tukai
- 128nmMREMara Serena Lodge AirstripSerena
- 137nmWILNairobi Wilson AirportNairobi
- 140nmNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi
Location
Open the full mapHTLM · Lake Manyara Airport · Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania