Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

| nativename = {{lang|fr|Aéroport International de Monastir–Habib Bourguiba}}

| nativename-a = {{lang|ar|مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي}}

| image = TAV_Airports_Holding_logo.svg

| image-width = 150

| image2 = Monastir airport.jpg

| image2-width = 250

| IATA = MIR

| ICAO = DTMB

| pushpin_map = Tunisia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Tunisia

| pushpin_label = MIR

| pushpin_label_position = right

| hub = Nouvelair

| type = Public

| owner =

| operator = TAV Airports Holding

| city-served = Monastir, Tunisia

| location =

| elevation-f = 9

| elevation-m = 3

| coordinates = {{Coord|35|45|29|N|010|45|17|E|region:TN_type:airport}}

| website = [http://www.habibbourguibaairport.com/ habibbourguibaairport.com]

| metric-rwy = y

| r1-number = 07/25

| r1-length-m = 2,903

| r1-length-f = 9,524

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2024

| stat1-header = Passengers

| stat1-data = 1,634,374

| footnotes = Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, DAFIF{{cite web|url-status=usurped|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=DTMB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=DTMB|archive-date=2019-03-05|title=Airport information for DTMB|website=World Aero Data}} Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.{{GCM|MIR|source=DAFIF}}

}}

Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport ({{langx|fr|link=no|Aéroport International de Monastir–Habib Bourguiba}}, AIMHB, {{langx|ar|مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي}}) {{airport codes|MIR|DTMB}} is an airport serving Monastir and Sousse areas in Tunisia.[http://www.oaca.nat.tn/english/div_horizontal_monastir_airport_eng.htm Monastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613054721/http://www.oaca.nat.tn/english/div_horizontal_monastir_airport_eng.htm |date=13 June 2009 }} at [http://www.oaca.nat.tn/index_eng.htm Office de l'Aviation Civile et des Aeroports (OACA)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525001307/http://www.oaca.nat.tn/index_eng.htm |date=25 May 2009 }} The Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA) awarded the management of the airport to TAV Airports Holding in March 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.enfidhahammametairport.com/en-EN/pressroom/Pages/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?pid=2 |title=TAV: Monastir Airport will remain open and continue serving passengers |access-date=4 February 2012 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000723/http://www.enfidhahammametairport.com/en-EN/pressroom/Pages/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?pid=2 |url-status=dead }} The airport is named after former president Habib Bourguiba, who was born in Monastir.

History

During World War II, the airport was known as Monastir Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force 81st Fighter Group during the North African Campaign. The 81st flew P-39 Airacobras from the airfield between 26 May and 10 August 1943.

Overview

The airport activity mainly serves tourists coming to visit Monastir, Sousse and the surrounding resorts (Monastir-Skanes and Port El Kantaoui in particular). Almost all charter flights are concentrated within the tourist season. The main airlines operating currently at the airport are Nouvelair and Tunisair. With a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year, the terminal covers 28,000 m². The airport led the country in terms of traffic with 4,279,802 passengers in 2007.

Like all Tunisian airports, the airport was originally managed by the Office of Civil Aviation and Airports (OACA). However, in January 2008, it came under the management of the Turkish consortium TAV Airports Holding for a period of 40 years, under the concession.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Monastir Airport:

{{Airport destination list

| Air France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Air Serbia | Seasonal charter: Belgrade,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Niš{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal charter: Vienna{{cite web|url=https://aviation.direct/charter-austrian-airlines-fliegt-wien-monastir|title=Austrian Airlines adds charters from Vienna to Monastir|website=aviation.direct|date=11 November 2022|language=German}}

| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal: Brussels{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221109-snns23sh|title=BRUSSELS AIRLINES NS23 SHORT-HAUL NETWORK ADDITIONS}}

| Discover Airlines | Seasonal: Frankfurt,{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.eurowings-discover.com/pressreleases/eurowings-discover-nimmt-zwei-weitere-kurzstrecken-in-sommerflugplan-auf-3224953|title=Eurowings Discover adds further two new routes to summer 2023 schedule|date=21 December 2022 }} Munich{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Eurowings | Seasonal: Cologne/Bonn,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Düsseldorf{{cite web|url=https://aviation.direct/eurowings-nimmt-duesseldorf-monastir-auf|title=Eurowings adds Monastir - Düsseldorf|date=8 March 2023 |language=German}}

| Helvetic Airways | Seasonal: Bern (begins 30 May 2025){{cite web | url=https://www.travelnews.ch/on-the-move/28079-ein-neues-sommerflugziel-exklusiv-ab-bern.html | title=Ein neues Sommerflugziel – exklusiv ab Bern | website=Travelnews.ch | language=German | date=17 December 2024 | accessdate=4 January 2025}}

| Luxair | Seasonal: Luxembourg{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Luxair resumes Tunisia service in 1H21 |url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/294050/luxair-resumes-tunisia-service-in-1h21/ |website=Routesonline |access-date=29 September 2020}}

|Neos | Seasonal: Bergamo,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Bologna,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Milan–Malpensa, {{cn|date=December 2024}}Rome–Fiumicino,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Verona{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Nouvelair | Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf,{{cite web|url=https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/275708/nouvelair-tunisie-adds-german-routes-from-monastir-in-w17/|title=Nouvelair Tunisie adds German routes from Monastir in W17}} Frankfurt, Hannover, Lyon, Munich, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Stuttgart
Seasonal: Leipzig/Halle,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Lille{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Seasonal charter: Lisbon,{{cite web | url=https://presstur.com/solferias-sonhando-e-viajar-tours-ja-vendem-charters-para-a-pascoa-e-o-verao-em-djerba/ | title=Solférias, Sonhando e Viajar Tours já vendem charters para a Páscoa e o Verão em Djerba | date=24 October 2023 }} Porto, Saint Petersburg{{cite news |last1=Цедрик |first1=Андрей |title=Из петербургского аэропорта Пулково возобновляются прямые рейсы в Монастир |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7496872 |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=Коммерсантъ |date=11 February 2025 |language=ru}}

| Smartwings | Seasonal charter: Brno,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Ostrava,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Pardubice,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Prague{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| {{nowrap|Smartwings Poland{{cite web|url=https://www.itaka.pl/en/destinations/tunisia/hammamet.html|title=Tunisia Hammamet|website=itaka.pl}}}} | Seasonal charter: Katowice,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Warsaw–Chopin{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Smartwings Hungary | Seasonal charter: Budapest{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Sundair | Seasonal: Berlin,{{cite web|url=https://aviation.direct/sundair-mit-neuen-strecken-im-sommer-2023|title=Sundair starts new routes in Summer 2023|date=31 January 2023 |language=German}} Bremen

| TAP Air Portugal | Seasonal: Lisbon{{cn|date=December 2024}}

| Transavia | Lyon, Nantes, Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Marseille,{{cn|date=December 2024}} Nice{{Cite web|url=https://www.varmatin.com/transports/la-compagnie-transavia-ouvre-une-nouvelle-ligne-en-vol-direct-a-laeroport-de-nice-746665|title=La compagnie Transavia ouvre une nouvelle ligne en vol direct à l'aéroport de Nice|date=15 February 2022}}

| Tunisair | Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nice, Paris–Orly

}}

Access

The airport is served by trains on the electrified, metre-gauge Sahel Metro line and between Sousse and Gare Habib Bourguiba Monastir.

References

=Citations=

=Bibliography=

Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 20 December 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090221221518/http://www.habibbourguibaairport.com/ Tunisia Monastir International Airport] – official site
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090525001307/http://www.oaca.nat.tn/index_eng.htm Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA)]
{{NWS-current|DTMB}}
{{ASN|MIR}}

Category:Airports in Tunisia

Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Tunisia

Category:Airports established in 1968