Airports / Tanzania / MYW
Mtwara Airport
HTMT / MYWMtwara, TanzaniaELEV 371 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
62 nm
To the nearest alternate
Mocímboa da Praia Airport (MZB).
Overview
Mtwara Airport, listed as HTMT / MYW, is a mid-sized airport in Mtwara, Tanzania. The field lies at an elevation of 371 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
MYW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Mocímboa da Praia Airport (MZB, 62 nm), Mueda Airport (MUD, 88 nm), and Pemba Airport (POL, 161 nm).
Quotes for flights out of MYW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from MYW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
HTMT
IATA
MYW
FAA / Local
HTMT
Elevation
371 ft
Coordinates
10.3362° S · 40.1820° 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 371 ft, MYW sits lower than 58% 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.
- 62nmMZBMocímboa da Praia AirportMocímboa da Praia
- 88nmMUDMueda AirportMueda
- 161nmPOLPemba AirportPemba
- 196nmHAHPrince Said Ibrahim International AirportMoroni
- 216nmDARJulius Nyerere International AirportDar es Salaam
- 242nmNWAMohéli Bandar Es Eslam AirportFomboni
Location
Open the full mapHTMT · Mtwara Airport · Mtwara, Tanzania