# Taba International Airport (TCP / HETB)

**Taba International Airport** (IATA: TCP, ICAO: HETB) is a medium airport in Taba, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt. It opened in 1982. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 m (13,123 ft). It is operated by Egyptian Airports Company. In 2018 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hetb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TCP / HETB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Egyptian Airports Company
- Serves: Taba, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt
- Opened: 1982
- Elevation: 739 m / 2,425 ft
- Coordinates: 29.5945, 34.7758
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,000 m / 13,123 ft
- Passengers: 7,580 (2018)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Africa/Cairo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taba_International_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690636
- Weather station: HETB
- Ident: HETB

## Timeline

- 1982: Taba International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04L/22R | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 042° / 222° | yes |
| 04/22 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2007 | 306,069 | Wikidata |
| 2008 | 452,710 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 340,225 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 446,015 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 306,880 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 282,273 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 189,550 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 45,216 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 13,506 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 599 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 12 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 7,580 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 4 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal charter (6)

- [CAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/heca.md) Cairo International Airport · Egypt · 331 km / 206 mi · EgyptAir
- [BUD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lhbp.md) Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Hungary · 2,389 km / 1,484 mi · Smartwings
- [BRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lktb.md) Brno-Tuřany Airport · Czechia · 2,658 km / 1,652 mi · Smartwings
- [KTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epkt.md) Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport · Poland · 2,666 km / 1,657 mi · Smartwings
- [WAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epwa.md) Warsaw Chopin Airport · Poland · 2,754 km / 1,711 mi · Smartwings, LOT Polish Airlines
- [PRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lkpr.md) Václav Havel Airport Prague · Czechia · 2,855 km / 1,774 mi · Smartwings

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TCP, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- QS [Smartwings](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartwings) · 5 · seasonal charter
- MS [EgyptAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/egyptair) · 1 · seasonal charter
- LO [LOT Polish Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lot-polish-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2018) | #2,796 of 3,974 | #823 in Asia | #15 in EG |
| Longest runway | 4,000 m / 13,123 ft | =111 of 29,858 | =22 in Asia | #3 in EG |
| Elevation | 739 m / 2,425 ft | =7,197 of 43,403 | =597 in Asia | #2 in EG |
| Age | Opened 1982 | =8,372 of 15,079 | =408 in Asia | #8 in EG |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =31 in Asia | =6 in EG |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | RADAR | 122.800 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | RDO | 579.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 120.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [AQJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojaq.md) King Hussein International Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [ETM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ller.md) Ramon International Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [SKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesc.md) Saint Catherine International Airport · 123 km / 76 mi
- [LLRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llrm.md) Ramon Air Base · 132 km / 82 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Taba International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taba_International_Airport&oldid=1363081513), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hetb/data