TCPHETB

Taba International Airport

Taba, Egypt · Asia

Asia Africa/Cairo

5direct destinations

2airlines

2runways

4,000 mLongest runway

1982opened

Taba International Airport (Arabic: ???? ???? ??????) (IATA: TCP, ICAO: HETB) is an international airport located on the Sinai Plateau, with an elevation of 2,470 ft, and serves Taba, Egypt. It has only one gate from which mainly charter flights operate.

Location

29.594°N, 34.776°E · 739 m s. n. m. (2.425 ft)

General data

CountryEgypt

CityTaba

IATA codeTCP

ICAO codeHETB

Coordinates29.594°N, 34.776°E

Elevation739 m s. n. m. (2.425 ft)

Time zoneAfrica/Cairo

Runways2

Longest runway4,000 m

OperatorEgyptian Airports Company

Opened1982

Direct destinations5

Runways · 2

04L/22R

Length4,000 m13,123 ft

Width45 m148 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

04/22

SurfaceNot recorded

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 3

Tower

120.300

Ground

121.900

Approach

122.800RADAR

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Reference frequencies for enthusiasts, from OurAirports (community database, public domain), checked on Oct 16, 2026. They may be outdated or incomplete and do not replace the AIP or current charts: not for navigation. In Europe the published frequency may be an 8.33 kHz channel (e.g., 118.505 for 118.500). In MHz.

History

The airport was constructed by Israel in 1972 during its occupation of Sinai following the Six-Day War. Known as the Etzion Air Force Base, it was demilitarized in 1979 with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. Then Israel's "Golden Eagle", "Phoenix", and "Smashing Parrot" squadrons moved out and the land there was restored to Egyptian control.

A condition of that peace treaty allows tourists to visit certain areas in Egypt, near Taba, for up to 14 days, without a visa. So from Israel and Jordan, travelers and tourists cross the border at Taba, in buses to visit resorts. Egyptian taxis can take fares up to the Israel border but no further.

The airport is located 13 kilometers from Taba and 30 kilometers from Taba Heights, near El Nakb, and adjacent to Eilat, Israel. The airport was named El Nakb Airport. A new terminal building and night lighting was added and the airport was then renamed Taba International Airport in November 2000.

The airport receives charter flights. Traffic at the airport declined considerably. In 2014, the airport served 41,142 and in 2015, only 13,488 (a 67.2% decline). In 2016, it was announced that Thales Group would be modernizing air traffic management at Taba International Airport.

In May 2018, it was announced that charter flights to the airport would resume, initially with flights from Poland and then from the Czech Republic.

As of 2023, Taba Airport is served by charter flights from Katowice, Prague, Brno and Bratislava.

During the 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran and subsequent closure of Israeli airspace, Israeli airline Arkia began a shuttle service between Taba and Athens to allow air access to Israel's southern border town of Eilat.

Airlines operating here · 2

Other airlines with direct routes

Smartwingscharter Smartwings Polandcharter

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

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Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 15). Taba International Airport (TCP). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TCP

MLA

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Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_tcp,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Taba International Airport (TCP)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TCP},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/TCP}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
}

Wikipedia

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