Djerba–Zarzis International Airport

Djerba–Zarzis International Airport

Aéroport international de Djerba-Zarzis

مطار جربة جرجيس الدولي
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTunisian Civil Aviation & Airports Authority
LocationDjerba, Tunisia
Elevation AMSL14 ft / 4 m
Coordinates33°52′30″N 10°46′31″E / 33.87500°N 10.77528°E / 33.87500; 10.77528
Map
DJE is located in Tunisia
DJE
DJE
Location of airport in Tunisia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 3,220 10,565 Asphalt
Statistics (2006, 2011)
Passengers (2011)1,781,000
Aircraft movements (2006)24,392
Aircraft freight (2006)90 tonnes
Source:, DAFIF

Djerba–Zarzis International Airport (French: Aéroport international de Djerba-Zarzis, Arabic: مطار جربة جرجيس الدولي) (IATA: DJE, ICAO: DTTJ) is the international airport serving the island of Djerba in Tunisia. The airport began operation in 1970 and today is an important destination for seasonal leisure flights.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Djerba–Zarzis Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle
BH Air Seasonal charter: Sofia
Brussels Airlines Seasonal: Brussels
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt, Munich (begins 1 May 2024)
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zürich
European Air Charter Seasonal charter: Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna (begins 20 May 2024)
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Bern (begins 7 June 2024)
Luxair Luxembourg
Neos Seasonal: Bergamo, Bologna, Milan–Malpensa, Rome–Fiumicino, Verona
Nouvelair Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Toulouse
Seasonal: Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Vienna
Seasonal charter: Belgrade, Lisbon, Porto
Smartwings Seasonal charter: Bratislava, Brno, Ostrava, Prague
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva
TAP Air Portugal Seasonal: Lisbon
Transavia Paris–Orly
Seasonal: Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes
TUI fly Belgium Brussels
Seasonal: Liège
TUI fly Deutschland Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart
TUI fly Netherlands Seasonal: Amsterdam
Tunisair Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lyon, Marseille, Munich, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Orly, Strasbourg
Seasonal: Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Geneva, Hannover, Lisbon, Porto, Zürich
Tunisair Express Tripoli–Mitiga, Tunis

Accidents and incidents

  • On 6 August 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153, a Tuninter ATR-72 en route from Bari to Djerba, Tunisia, ditched into the Mediterranean Sea about 18 miles from the city of Palermo. 16 of the 39 people on board died. The accident resulted from engine fuel starvation that resulted from the installation of the wrong fuel quantity indicator. The fuel quantity indicator installed had been calibrated for the smaller ATR-42 aircraft and showed significantly more fuel than was actually in the tank of the larger ATR 72. When the aircraft ran out of fuel, the indicator still showed 1800 kilograms of fuel remaining thus confusing the crew for several minutes. Both engines stopped and the crew was forced to ditch the airliner in the sea.
  • The airport was a stopover for Air Berlin chartered flight AB7377, which was involved in a bomb scare. During loading at Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia, a suitcase was discovered that contained a clock, batteries and a firing mechanism. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the object was part of a test to assess the quality of airport screening procedures. The A330-200 aircraft was examined with an explosives sniffer dog, before it was allowed to fly to Munich Airport, via a stopover in Djerba.

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