Tunis–Carthage International Airport

Tunis–Carthage Airport Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي
IATA: TUN – ICAO: DTTA TUN Location of airport in Tunisia
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Tunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority
Location		Tunis, Tunisia
Elevation AMSL		22 ft / 7 m
Coordinates		36°51′04″N 10°13′38″E / 36.85111°N 10.22722°E / 36.85111; 10.22722
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.

Airlines and destinations

The following scheduled passenger airlines use Tunis–Carthage International Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Aigle Azur	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air France	Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle
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, Amman-Queen Alia, Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Bamako, Barcelona, Beirut, Belgrade, Benghazi, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Dakar, Damascus, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Islamabad, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jeddah, Kuwait, Karachi, Lahore, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Marseille, Milan-Malpensa, Manchester, Moscow-Domodedovo, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Nouakchott, Oran, Paris-Orly, Peshawar, Rome-Fiumicino, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Tripoli-International [suspended], Tripoli-Mitiga, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Zurich
TunisAir Express	Djerba, Gabès, Gafsa, Malta, Monastir, Naples, Palermo, Tabarka, Tozeur
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk

Other facilities

The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) has its head office on the airport property.^[4]

World War II

Air Transport Command Routes

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.

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.

See also

	World War II portal
	Tunisia portal
	Aviation portal

• List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic
• List of airports in Tunisia

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

References

1. ^ Airport information for DTTA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
2. ^ Airport information for TUN at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
3. ^ Tunis–Carthage International Airport at Office de l'Aviation Civile et des Aeroports (OACA)
4. ^ "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."
5. ^ 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.