AirportsDjerba Zarzis International Airport is a large airport serving Mellita, in Medenine Governorate, Tunisia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DJE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DJE
- ICAO code
- DTTJ
- City
- Mellita
- State or region
- Medenine Governorate
- Country
- Tunisia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 33.8737° N, 10.7773° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (19 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,100 m (10,171 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DJE means Djerba Zarzis International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DTTJ. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.8737° N, 10.7773° E. It stands 6 metres (19 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Gabès, about 63 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Tunis, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Djerba Zarzis International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,100 metres (10,171 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 7 airports of Tunisia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,100 m 10,171 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sfax Thyna International AirportSfax | SFA | 94 km |
| Monastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportMonastir | MIR | 210 km |
| Tozeur Nefta International AirportTozeur | TOE | 246 km |
| Enfidha - Hammamet International AirportEnfidha | NBE | 247 km |
| Lampedusa AirportLampedusa, Italy | LMP | 247 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,226 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,301 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,383 km | 5 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,156 km | 3 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,227 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,800 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,221 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,653 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,384 km | 20 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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