Airports / Tanzania / PMA
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
45 nm
To the nearest alternate
Tanga Airport (TGT).
Overview
Pemba Airport (HTPE / PMA) sits in Chake Chake, Tanzania, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 80 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 PMA for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Tanga Airport (TGT, 45 nm), Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ, 68 nm), and Moi International Airport (MBA, 75 nm).
Charter pricing from PMA depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Chake Chake and Karume. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Chake Chake.
Field capability
ICAO
HTPE
IATA
PMA
FAA / Local
HTPE
Elevation
80 ft
Coordinates
5.2573° S · 39.8114° 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 80 ft, PMA sits lower than 83% 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.
- 45nmTGTTanga AirportTanga
- 68nmZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibar
- 75nmMBAMoi International AirportMombasa
- 104nmDARJulius Nyerere International AirportDar es Salaam
- 123nmMYDMalindi International AirportMalindi
- 192nmLAUManda AirportLamu
Location
Open the full mapHTPE · Pemba Airport · Chake Chake, Tanzania