Tabarka-Ain Draham Airport
| Aéroport international de Tabarka-Ain Draham | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | DTKA | ||
| IATA code | TBJ | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 60 m (197 ft ) | ||
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| Distance from the city center | 10 km northeast of Tabarka | ||
| Basic data | |||
| opening | 1992 | ||
| surface | 240 ha | ||
| Passengers | 60,000 | ||
| Capacity ( PAX per year) |
250,000 people per year | ||
| Start-and runway | |||
| 27/09 | 2870 m × 45 m concrete | ||
The Tabarka-Ain Draham International Airport is an airport in the northwest of Tunisia . It was built in 1992 at the request of former President Ben Ali , who often spent his holidays in this area. The airport is 10 km from the Tunisian coastal town of Tabarka . Before the Tunisian Revolution , until the beginning of 2011, the airport was named Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's takeover date and was called Tabarka Airport “7. November " .
The annual number of passengers is around 60,000.
Until 2004 the airport was served by Tunis Air on Thursdays from Munich, Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main once a week .
Airfield features
The tower (TWR) sends and receives on the frequency : 119.25 MHz . The airport has various navigation aids. The non-directional radio beacon (NDB) transmits on the frequency: 350.5 kHz with the identifier: TK . The rotating radio beacon (VOR) transmits on frequency : 113.3 MHz with the identifier: TBK . A distance measuring equipment (DME) is present. The location is 1 ° east. (Status: 2006)
According to ASN , there are no known accidents near the airport.
Web links
- Presentation of the airport at the OACA (French)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Notice on the renaming of Tabarka and Enfidha airports
- ↑ Airport data on World Aero Data ( English, as of 2006 )
- ↑ Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)