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Bukoba Airport

airport in Kagera Region, Tanzania
Place airport Q3362557
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Bukoba Airport

Summary

Bukoba Airport is an airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bukoba Airport is located in Kagera Region[3].
  • Bukoba Airport is located in Bukoba[4].
  • Bukoba Airport is in the country of Tanzania[5].
  • Bukoba Airport is on the body of water Lake Victoria[6].
  • Bukoba Airport's instance of is recorded as airport[7].
  • Bukoba Airport's instance of is recorded as aerodrome[8].
  • Bukoba Airport's instance of is recorded as commercial traffic aerodrome[9].
  • Bukoba Airport is operated by Tanzania Airports Authority[10].
  • Bukoba is named after Bukoba Airport[11].
  • Bukoba Airport's IATA airport code is recorded as BKZ[12].
  • Bukoba Airport's ICAO airport code is recorded as HTBU[13].
  • Bukoba Airport's Commons category is recorded as Bukoba Airport[14].
  • Bukoba Airport's located in time zone is recorded as Africa/Dar_es_Salaam[15].
  • Bukoba Airport's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -1.3322222222222, 'lon': 31.821111111111}[16].
  • Bukoba Airport's place served by transport hub is recorded as Bukoba[17].
  • Bukoba Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+3766'}[18].
  • Bukoba Airport's aerodrome reference point is recorded as {'lat': -1.332, 'lon': 31.8212}[19].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+25943'}[20].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+28693'}[21].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+31914'}[22].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+33138'}[23].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3693'}[24].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3147'}[25].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3236'}[26].
  • Bukoba Airport's patronage is recorded as {'amount': '+3746'}[27].

Body

Geography

Bukoba Airport is in the country of Tanzania[5]. Located in include Kagera Region[3], a region of Tanzania[28], in Tanzania[29] and Bukoba[4], a city[30], in Tanzania[31]. It is on the body of water Lake Victoria[6].

Physical Characteristics

Bukoba Airport sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+3766'}[18].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include airport[7], aerodrome[8], and commercial traffic aerodrome[9].

History and Context

Bukoba is named after Bukoba Airport[11].

Why It Matters

Bukoba Airport ranks in the top 3% of airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Bukoba Tanzania

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . taa.go.tz. taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . World Airport Traffic Report. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . allafrica.com. allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . allafrica.com. allafrica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . taa.go.tz. taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . taa.go.tz. taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . taa.go.tz. taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . taa.go.tz. taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . taa.go.tz. taa.go.tz. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 28d ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → airport, aerodrome, commercial traffic aerodrome
    State of use → in use
    Instance of → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Airport", "BukobaAirport::4q8y9"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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