Tunis–Carthage International Airport
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| Tunis–Carthage Airport Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي |
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IATA: TUN – ICAO: DTTA
 TUN
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Tunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority | ||
| Location | Tunis, Tunisia | ||
| Hub for | Tunisair | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 22 ft / 7 m | ||
| Coordinates | 36°51′04″N 10°13′38″E / 36.85111°N 10.22722°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 01/19 | 3,200 | 10,499 | Asphalt |
| 11/29 | 2,840 | 9,318 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2010) | |||
| Passengers | 4,600,000 | ||
| Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Tunis–Carthage Airport (French: Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage, Arabic: مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي) (IATA: TUN, ICAO: DTTA) is the international airport serving Tunis in Tunisia.[3]
The airport is named for the historic city of Carthage, located just north of the airport. It is the base of operations for four airlines: Tunisair, Nouvelair Tunisia, Tunisair Express and Tunisavia. In 2010, it served 4,600,000 passengers.
All ground handling is provided by Tunisair Handling, a 100% subsidiary of Tunisair, and security services are provided by the Police and the Customs.
The airport is served by bus, taxi, but not by railway.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
The following scheduled passenger airlines use Tunis–Carthage International Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Afriqiyah Airways | Misrata, Tripoli |
| Aigle Azur | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Algérie | Algiers |
| Air France | Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse [begins 1 April 2012] |
| Air One | Milan-Malpensa |
| Alitalia | Rome-Fiumicino |
| British Airways | London-Gatwick |
| Buraq Air | Benghazi, Tripoli |
| EgyptAir | Cairo |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Germanwings | Cologne/Bonn [begins 30 March 2012] |
| Libyan Airlines | Benghazi, Misurata, Sebha, Tripoli |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt |
| Qatar Airways | Casablanca, Doha |
| Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca |
| Royal Jordanian | Amman-Queen Alia |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah |
| Tunisair | Abidjan, Algiers, Amsterdam, Athens, Bamako, Barcelona, Beirut, Belgrade, Benghazi, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Dakar, Damascus, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kuwait, Lille, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Marseille, Metz/Nancy, Milan-Malpensa, Manchester, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Nouakchott, Oran, Paris-Orly, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tripoli, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Zurich |
| TunisAir Express | Djerba, Gabès, Gafsa, Malta, Misrata, Monastir, Naples, Palermo, Sfax, Tabarka, Tozeur |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk |
[edit] Other facilities
The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) has its head office on the airport property.[4]
[edit] World War II
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the Italian Campaign in 1943 as a headquarters and command control base. The following known units were assigned:[5]
- HQ, 87th Fighter Group, 22 November-14 December 1943
- 3d Reconnaissance Group, 13 June-8 December 1943, F-4/F-5 Lightning
- 5th Reconnaissance Group, 8 September-8 December 1943, F-4/F-5 Lightning
Once the combat units moved to Italy, Air Transport Command used the airport as a major transshipment hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It functioned as a stopover en-route to Algiers airport or to Mellaha Field near Tripoli on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route, Later, as the Allied forces advanced, it also flew personnel and cargo to Naples, Italy.
[edit] Notable incidents
On 7 May 2002, EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737 from Cairo crashed 4 miles from Tunis–Carthage International Airport. 14 of the 62 people on board were killed.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Airport information for DTTA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for TUN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ Tunis–Carthage International Airport at Office de l'Aviation Civile et des Aeroports (OACA)
- ^ "Welcome to the OACA." Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority. Retrieved on 26 January 2011. "GENERAL DIRECTION and SOCIAL HEAD OFFICE International Airport Tunis-Carthage BP 137 et 147- 1080 TUNIS CEDEX – TELEX 13809 – OACA RC 871."
- ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
[edit] External links
- Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA)
- Tunis Airport (English)
- Accident history for TUN at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for DTTA at NOAA/NWS
