AirportsSfax Thyna International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Sfax, in Sfax Governorate, Tunisia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SFA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SFA
- ICAO code
- DTTX
- City
- Sfax
- State or region
- Sfax Governorate
- Country
- Tunisia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 34.7180° N, 10.6910° E
- Elevation
- 26 m (85 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SFA means Sfax Thyna International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DTTX. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 34.7180° N, 10.6910° E. It stands 26 metres (85 feet) above sea level.
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
Sfax Thyna International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 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 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Djerba Zarzis International AirportMellita | DJE | 94 km |
| Monastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportMonastir | MIR | 116 km |
| Enfidha - Hammamet International AirportEnfidha | NBE | 153 km |
| Lampedusa AirportLampedusa, Italy | LMP | 196 km |
| Tunis Carthage International AirportTunis | TUN | 241 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,211 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,306 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,393 km | 5 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,066 km | 3 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,168 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,723 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,224 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,586 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,409 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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