Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport guide

Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport sits on Tunisia's central Mediterranean coast and handles most of the leisure traffic for the Sahel resort belt. It first began operating in 1968 and is named for Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president, who was born in Monastir.

The airport has a single asphalt runway, designated 07/25 and 2,903 metres long. Its terminal covers 28,000 square metres and is designed for 3.5 million passengers a year. Traffic peaked at more than 4.2 million passengers in 2007, then fell sharply during the years that followed. Volumes dropped to about 420,000 in 2021 and recovered to roughly 1.6 million in 2024.

Nouvelair, which uses the airport as its hub, and national carrier Tunisair are the main operators. Charter and low-cost airlines from across Europe add seasonal flights, with strong summer schedules from France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Many services are package-holiday flights serving the beach hotels of Sousse, Monastir and Mahdia.

TAV Airports Holding runs the airport under a concession from the Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA). The concession began in 2008 and runs to 2047. A suburban rail line of the Sahel metro links the airport area with Monastir, Sousse and Mahdia.