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Tunis–Carthage International Airport

Coordinates:36°51′04″N010°13′38″E/ 36.85111°N 10.22722°E/36.85111; 10.22722
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Tunis–Carthage International Airport

Aéroport international de Tunis-Carthage

مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorTunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority
ServesTunis
LocationTunis,Tunisia
Hubfor
ElevationAMSL22 ft / 7 m
Coordinates36°51′04″N010°13′38″E/ 36.85111°N 10.22722°E/36.85111; 10.22722
Website[1]
Map
TUN is located in Tunisia
TUN
TUN
Location of airport in Tunisia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,200 10,499 Asphalt
11/29 2,840 9,318 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers6,649,912[1]

Tunis–Carthage International Airport,(French:Aéroport de Tunis-Carthage,Arabic:مطار تونس قرطاج الدولي,IATA:TUN,ICAO:DTTA) is theinternational airportofTunis,the capital ofTunisia.[5]It serves as the home base forTunisair,Tunisair Express,Nouvelair Tunisia,andTunisavia.The airport is named for the historic city ofCarthage,located just east of the airport.

History[edit]

Tunis Airport in 1952.

The history of the airport dates back to 1920 when the firstseaplanebase inTunisiawas built on theLake of Tunisfor the seaplanes of Compagnie Aéronavale.[6]The Tunis Airfield opened in 1938, serving around 5,800 passengers annually on the Paris-Tunisroute.[7]

During World War II, the airport was used by theUnited States Air ForceTwelfth Air Forceas a headquarters and command control base for theItalian Campaignof 1943. The following known units were assigned:[8]

Once the combat units moved to Italy,Air Transport Commandused the airport as a major transshipment hub for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel.[citation needed]It functioned as a stopover en route toAlgiers airportor toMellaha FieldnearTripoli, Libyaon the North AfricanCairo-Dakartransport route. Later, as the Allied forces advanced, it also flew personnel and cargo toNaples, Italy.[citation needed]

Construction on the Tunis-Carthage Airport, which was fully funded by France, began in 1944, and in 1948 the airport become the main hub forTunisair.The airline started operations withDouglas DC-3sflying from Tunis-Carthage Airport toMarseille,Ajaccio,Bastia,Algiers,Rome,Sfax,Djerba,andTripoli, Libya.The passenger traffic grew steadily from 1951 when 56,400 passengers were carried, 33,400 of them byAir France.[7]The airport offered a convenient stop-over point for several other French airlines over the years, includingAigle Azurwith a stop in Tunis on the Paris-Brazzavilleroute, and TAI (Intercontinental Air Transport) with a stop in Tunis on its Paris-Saigonroute. Among foreign companies, the TWA was present, whose lines Rome-New York and Rome-Bombay made stop in Tunis, and the LAI (Italian company) which made the connection Rome-Palermo-Tunis.[7]

In 1997, the airport terminal was expanded to 57,448 m2(618,365 sq ft); it consists of two floors (departure and arrival) and has a capacity of 4,400,000 passengers per year.[citation needed]In 2005, the terminal was expanded another 5,500 m2(59,202 sq ft), and now has a capacity of 500,000 more passengers annually. On 23 September 2006 a new terminal opened for charter flights.[citation needed]

Terminal 2 exterior

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Tarmac view
Departure gatearea
Terminal from the outside

Passenger[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean AirlinesAthens
Afriqiyah AirwaysBayda,Benghazi,Tripoli–Mitiga
Air AlgérieAlgiers
Air ArabiaCasablanca[9]
Air EuropaSeasonal:Madrid
Air FranceParis–Charles de Gaulle,Paris−Orly
Seasonal:Marseille,[10]Nice[11]
Edelweiss AirSeasonal:Zurich(begins 19 December 2024),[12]
EgyptairCairo
EmiratesDubai–International
EurowingsCologne/Bonn
Seasonal:Berlin(begins 15 July 2024),[13]Hamburg,[14]Stuttgart[15]
ITA Airways[16]Rome–Fiumicino
Libyan AirlinesBayda,Benghazi,Tobruk,Tripoli–Mitiga
Libyan WingsMisrata,Tripoli–Mitiga
LufthansaFrankfurt,Munich
LuxairSeasonal:Luxembourg[17]
Mauritania AirlinesNouakchott
Nouvelair[18]Basel/Mulhouse,[19]Berlin,Bologna,[20]Bordeaux,Brussels,Düsseldorf,Frankfurt,[21]Geneva,Istanbul,Lille,London–Gatwick,Lyon,Marseille,Milan–Malpensa,Munich,[22]Nantes,Nice,Paris–Charles de Gaulle,Strasbourg,Toulouse
Seasonal:Algiers,Barcelona,Casablanca,Copenhagen,[23]Hamburg,Jeddah,Madrid,Medina,Stockholm–Arlanda[24]
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Royal Air MarocCasablanca
Royal JordanianAmman–Queen Alia
SaudiaJeddah
TransaviaLyon,Marseille,Montpellier,Nantes,Paris–Orly
Seasonal:Nice[25]
TUI fly BelgiumBrussels[26]
TunisairAbidjan,Algiers,Bamako,Barcelona,Bologna,Bordeaux,Brussels,Cairo,Casablanca,Conakry,Constantine,Dakar–Diass,Düsseldorf,Frankfurt,Geneva,Istanbul,Jeddah,London–Gatwick,London–Heathrow,Lyon,Madrid,Marseille,Milan–Malpensa,Montréal–Trudeau,Munich,Niamey,Nice,Nouakchott,Oran,Ouagadougou,Palermo,Paris–Orly,Rome–Fiumicino,Strasbourg,Toulouse,Tripoli–Mitiga,Venice,Vienna,Zürich[27]
Seasonal:Lisbon,[28]Medina
Seasonal charter:Skopje(begins 24 June 2024),[29]Tirana(begins 20 June 2024)[29]
Tunisair ExpressConstantine,Djerba,Malta,Naples,Palermo,Rome–Fiumicino,Sfax,Tozeur
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul
VuelingSeasonal:Barcelona

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Emirates SkyCargo[30]Dubai–Al Maktoum
Express Air Cargo[31][32]Bangalore,Casablanca,Cologne/Bonn,Hong Kong,Paris–Charles de Gaulle,Sharjah
Turkish Cargo[33]Istanbul

Statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic at TUN airport. SeeWikidata query.

Other facilities[edit]

The head office of theTunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority(OACA) is on the airport property.[34]

Ground transportation[edit]

The airport is served by bus lines and taxis, but not by a railway (theL'Aéroportstation on theTGMsuburban rail line does not actually serve it, being several kilometers distant).

Accidents and incidents[edit]

On 7 May 2002,EgyptAir Flight 843,aBoeing 737fromCairocrashed 4 miles from Tunis–Carthage International Airport. Of the 62 people on board, 14 were killed.[35]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Public DomainThis article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theAir Force Historical Research Agency

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  18. ^"Cheap flights with Nouvelair".nouvelair.com.Archivedfrom the original on 21 October 2018.Retrieved20 November2018.
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  25. ^Transavia
  26. ^"TUIfly Belgium 2023 North Africa Network Additions".
  27. ^"TUNISAIR RESUMES ZURICH SERVICE IN NS24".
  28. ^"Tunisair Resumes Lisbon Service from May 2024".
  29. ^ab"Tunisar Adds Skopje / Tirana Charters in NS24".
  30. ^eskycargo.emirates.com - Schedulesretrieved 6 November 2021
  31. ^"Our fleet - Global Air Network".Archivedfrom the original on 9 May 2018.Retrieved8 May2018.
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  33. ^turkishcargo.com - Flight Scheduleretrieved 6 November 2021
  34. ^"Welcome to the OACAArchived25 May 2009 at theWayback Machine."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."
  35. ^Ranter, Harro."ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-566 SU-GBI Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN)".aviation-safety.net.Aviation Safety Network.Retrieved17 April2021.

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