It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania.

The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

[7] In April 2013, the Tanzania Airports Authority signed a TSH 275 billion contract with BAM International of the Netherlands for the construction of the first phase of Terminal III, with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year.

[18] The following passenger airlines operate at the airport:[4] Notes: 1: KLM's inbound flights from Amsterdam to Dar es Salaam make a stop in Kilimanjaro or Zanzibar.

However, the airline does not have traffic rights to transport passengers solely between Kilimanjaro/Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam.