Songwe Airport — Mbeya, Tanzania

MBI is the code for Songwe Airport, which serves Mbeya, a city in the southern highlands of Tanzania. Despite the airport's location near Songwe, it functions as the main air gateway for Mbeya, a regional hub for agriculture, coffee, and cross-border trade with Malawi and Zambia. Domestic carriers connect MBI to Dar es Salaam and other Tanzanian cities, supporting business travel, tourism to the surrounding highlands, and links to nearby Lake Nyasa. The airport has a paved runway capable of handling narrow-body jet turboprops and regional aircraft, making it more capable than many similarly sized African regional airports. Its role has grown as Mbeya's economy expands, and it remains an important alternative to the long overland routes through Tanzania's mountainous southwest.