Taba International Airport

Taba International Airport مطار طابا الدولي
IATA: TCP ICAO: HETB TCP Location of airport in Sinai
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Government
Serves	Taba, Egypt
Location	Taba
Elevation AMSL	2,415 ft / 736 m
Coordinates	29°35′16″N 34°46′41″E
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

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

History

The airport was constructed by Israel in 1972 during its occupation of the Sinai following the Six Day War. Known as the Etzion Air Force Base, it was demilitarized and restored to Egyptian control in 1982 and was named El Nakb Airport, with initially twice weekly flights being operated between it and Cairo using Fokker F-27 Friendships of Air Sinai, and then later Airbus aircraft of Egyptair, along with, at times, charter flights from the UK, Switzerland and elsewhere. A new terminal building and night lighting were added towards the end of the 1990s and the airport was then renamed Taba International Airport in November 2000.

The original runway now known as 04R, which offers the benefit of ILS has been closed for many years under 'work in progress' meaning the airports second runway 04L is now the active.

In 2011, the airport served 306,880 passengers (−31.2% vs. 2010). Since 2013 there has been a large decline in the number of airline flights to the airport to the degree of which sources indicate that there is no airline activity.

External links

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