Taba International Airport

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Coordinates: 29°35′16″N 034°46′41″E / 29.58778°N 34.77806°E / 29.58778; 34.77806

Taba International Airport مطار طابا الدولي
IATA: TCP – ICAO: HETB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Government
Serves		Taba, Egypt
Elevation AMSL		2,415 ft / 736 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
04L/22R	4,000	13,123	Asphalt
04R/22L (closed)	4,000	13,123	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Passengers			210,029
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Taba International Airport (Arabic: مطار طابا الدولي‎) (IATA: TCP, ICAO: HETB) is an international airport located near Taba, Egypt.

In 2008, the airport served 452,710 passengers (+47.9% vs. 2007).

The airport was constructed by Israel during its occupation of the Sinai following the Six Day War. Known as the Etzion Air Force Base, it was restored to Egyptian control in 1982.

The original runway now known as 04R has been closed for a number of years and the runway in use 04L has 25% of its length closed for unspecified work.This has a considerable effect on the take-off performance of the airliners that use the airport and may mean that on hot days their ability to lift a full load of passengers plus fuel for a flight to Western Europe can be very limited

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Czech Airlines (Prague) [seasonal]
• Jat Airways (Belgrade) [seasonal]
• Jetairfly (Brussels)
• Monarch Airlines(London Gatwick)
• TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni) [seasonal]
• Thomson Airways (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
• Travel Service (Czech Republic) (Prague) [seasonal]

[edit] References

1. ^ Airport information for HETB at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for TCP at Great Circle Mapper. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).

[edit] External links

• Current weather for HETB at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for TCP at Aviation Safety Network