AirportsTunis Carthage International Airport is a large airport serving Tunis, in Tunis Governorate, Tunisia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TUN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TUN
- ICAO code
- DTTA
- City
- Tunis
- State or region
- Tunis Governorate
- Country
- Tunisia
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 36.8510° N, 10.2272° E
- Elevation
- 7 m (22 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TUN means Tunis Carthage International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DTTA. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.8510° N, 10.2272° E. It stands 7 metres (22 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
Tunis Carthage International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 7 airports of Tunisia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 3.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 11/29 | 2,840 m 9,318 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Enfidha - Hammamet International AirportEnfidha | NBE | 88 km |
| Tabarka-Aïn Draham International AirportTabarka | TBJ | 121 km |
| Monastir Habib Bourguiba International AirportMonastir | MIR | 130 km |
| Pantelleria AirportPantelleria (TP), Italy | PNL | 155 km |
| Annaba Rabah Bitat AirportAnnaba, Algeria | AAE | 215 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,199 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,346 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,445 km | 5 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,831 km | 2 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,005 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,515 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,252 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,428 km | 13 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,485 km | 20 h 20 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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