| Monastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport Aéroport International de Monastir – Habib Bourguiba مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي |
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| IATA: MIR – ICAO: DTMB
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | TAV Airports Holding | ||
| Serves | Monastir, Tunisia | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 9 ft / 3 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 07/25 | 2,903 | 9,678 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Passengers | 3,831,924 | ||
| Source: List of the busiest airports in Africa, DAFIF[1][2] | |||
Monastir – Habib Bourguiba International Airport (French: Aéroport International de Monastir – Habib Bourguiba, AIMHB, Arabic: مطار الحبيب بورقيبة الدولي) (IATA: MIR, ICAO: DTMB) is an airport serving Monastir in Tunisia.[3] The airport is operated by Tepe Akfen Ventures.[4] Beginning on 1 January 2008, a private company is managing the airport on behalf of the Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA).[5]
The airport serves as the main airport for the city of Sousse and Monastir it also serves many charter airlines to many resorts around Tunisia .Handling and ground services at the airport are provided by Nouvelair.
In 2007, the airport handled 4,279,802 passengers.
The airport will begin to see a decline in aircraft movements as Enfidha Airport also operated by TAV has recently opened and charter airlines like Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines have moved many of their operations there due to the proximity to the resorts.
Main airlines operating currently at the airport are Nouvelair and Tunisair.
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During World War II, the airport was known as Monastir Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 81st Fighter Group during the North African Campaign. The 81st flew P-39 Aircobras from the airfield between 26 May and 10 August 1943. t
Monastir is served by the following scheduled airlines:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Méditerranée | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Bulgaria Air | Sofia |
| Jat Airways | Belgrade |
| Monarch Airlines | London-Gatwick, Manchester |
| Nouvelair | Istanbul-Ataturk, Saint Petersburg, Moscow-Domodedovo, Metz-Nancy, Marseille, London-Gatwick, Lyon, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Strasbourg, Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Transavia | Amsterdam |
| Transavia France | Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris-Orly |
| Travel Service | Prague |
| Tunisair | Brussels, Geneva, Lyon, Manchester, Marseille, Nice, Paris-Orly. 'Seasonal: Budapest |
| TunisAir Express | Malta |
| XL Airways France | Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Lille |
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.