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Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

Monastir, TN

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Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

Monastir, Tunisia · Africa

A single-terminal Sahel holiday airport with a metro stop outside and one paid lounge. Almost all of the flying is international, and summer days are far busier than winter.

Airportist Score

5.6/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.4
Comfort & amenities5.4
Food & retail4.8
Ground access6.6
Reliability5.2
Lounges4.6

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport

Monastir, Tunisia · Africa

A single-terminal Sahel holiday airport with a metro stop outside and one paid lounge. Almost all of the flying is international, and summer days are far busier than winter.

Airportist Score

5.6/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use6.4
Comfort & amenities5.4
Food & retail4.8
Ground access6.6
Reliability5.2
Lounges4.6

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Fastest to city
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Yellow and white tourist taxis
Cheapest to city
Sahel Metro
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Lounge
1
Terminals
1
Passengers / year
1,737,035 (2025)

The lounge at MIR
MIR security wait times

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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Arrive

Two hours for an international flight

The check-in page says 2 hours international and 1.5 hours domestic. Recent fact sheets show no domestic passengers.

Desks

Zone A is Tunisair Handling, Area B is Nouvelair

Desks 1–33 are Zone A. Desks 34–46 are Area B. The live page counts 46 desks.

Lounge

Lounge-only is not the meet-and-assist price

130 TND before 19% VAT is the lounge. 185 TND before VAT is the escort, and it still excludes priority boarding.

Runway

A runway rehab tender is posted, not a closure

TAV Tunisie has tendered rehabilitation of runway 07/25. The notice does not say flying has stopped.

Live conditions

Right now at MIR

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

A holiday flight into Monastir, Skanes, or Sousse
Taking the Sahel Metro instead of a taxi
A Priority Pass visit if you are airside between 08:00 and 20:00

Watch out for

The lounge cash price is 130 TND before 19% VAT, and the escort package is extra
Priority Pass says gate 12 and 08:00–20:00; the airport says gate 10 and 24 hours
The published car-park table is the 2023 charges PDF
Runway length is printed as both 2,950 m and 2,970 m

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

6.4

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

5.4

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

4.8

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

6.6

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

5.2

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

4.6

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

1,737,035 (2025)

Terminals

1

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for MIR.

Updated Sep 25, 2026

1,737,035 passengers in 2025, about 6.3% above 1,634,374 in 2024
One terminal, 28,000 m², design capacity 3.5 million
Sahel Metro on the airport site, 05:00–22:00
Primeclass lounge: 130 TND before 19% VAT, or Priority Pass 08:00–20:00

21 official sources

https://habibbourguibaairport.com/
https://www.routesonline.com/airports/6643/monastir-habib-bourguiba-international-airport/about/
https://ir.tav.aero/uploads/documents/Documents24022026145209_.pdf
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/en-EN/business/about-tav-airport/page/mir-terminal
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/en-EN/business/about-tav-airport/page/history
https://cdn.habibbourguibaairport.com/files/monastir2024.pdf
https://cdn.habibbourguibaairport.com/files/1709820306_Monastir_2023_EN.pdf
https://cdn.habibbourguibaairport.com/files/1693218933_MIR_Airport%20Charges%20Fees%202023.pdf
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/en-EN/passenger-guide/departures/page/check-in-counters
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/en-EN/airport-facilities-services/page/primeclass-cip-service
https://www.prioritypass.com/en-GB/lounges/tunisia/monastir-habib-bourguiba-international/mir-primeclass-cip-lounge
https://primeclassofficial.com/lounges/primeclass-lounge-mir
https://airport.mastercard.com/en/lounge-finder/lounge?loungecode=MIR
https://www.dragonpass.com/explore/lounge/A10202/N00228
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/en-EN/passenger-guide/to-from-the-airport/page/rail-transportation
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/fr-FR/to-from-the-airport-fr/page/airport-taxi-fr
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/fr-FR/airport-facilities-services-fr/page/internet-wi-fi-fr
https://habibbourguibaairport.com/fr-FR/media-centre-fr/announcements-fr/page/call-for-tenders-for-the-rehabilitation-of-the-runway-at-the-aerodrome/fr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastir_Habib_Bourguiba_International_Airport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisian_Air_Force
https://ourairports.com/airports/DTMB/

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Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport and the Monastir city center
City center
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Getting There
3 ways into the city, compared on time, cost, and luggage.
Fastest: Yellow and white tourist taxisCheapest: Sahel Metro
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Lounges
1 lounge with access rules, hours, and verdicts.
Primeclass CIP Lounge
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Traveler Tips
Arrive 2 hours before an international departure. The check-in page also prints 1.5 hours for a domestic flight, but the operator's 2023 and 2024 fact sheets both mark passenger traffic as 100% international and 0% domestic.
9 tips & hacks
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Amenities
5 rated amenities — food, Wi-Fi, quiet spots, family, and sleep.
TAV FREE WIFIPrimeclass CIP LoungeSahel Metro
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Water
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Monastir Habib Bourguiba International Airport and the Monastir city center

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City center Monastir

Terminal navigation guide

Terminal-change and gate-area notes pulled from the markdown guide.

From Terminals & Navigation

There is one terminal. The live terminal page gives it a capacity of 3.5 million passengers a year and a floor area of 28,000 m². The 2023 and 2024 fact sheets print a site of about 2 million m² and the same 28,000 m² terminal.
Check-in is on the departure level. Information desks sit in the public departure hall and the public arrival hall. Lost property is run by the police. A baggage-wrapping machine is on the departure floor.
The terminal page lists 4 baggage carousels, 4 duty-free shops, and 6 cafes and restaurants. The Arabic shopping page places ATU duty free after passport control, one shop on departures and one on arrivals, and a drugstore in the public departures hall for newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, and souvenirs. No cafe names or prices are printed.
The live terminal page prints runway 07/25 as 2,950 × 45 m, approach category CAT I, and fire category 9. The 2023 and 2024 fact sheets print 2,970 × 45 m. The October 2006 DAFIF length of 2,903 m is older than both. Aircraft stands are 25 on the terminal page, both fact sheets, and the operator's Routes profile. Gate counts do not match: the terminal page says 12 gates, the 2023 sheet says 14, the 2024 sheet says 18, and Routes says 14 boarding gates. The 2024 sheet leaves passenger boarding bridges blank.
The published pin is 35°45′29″N 010°45′17″E. Field elevation on the encyclopedic card is 9 ft / 3 m. OurAirports, last updated in 2009, is about 5 m from that pin. The copy in airports.json is about 85 m away. Straight-line distance from that pin to the Monastir city-centre point is about 5.2 km. The operator's Routes profile says about 8 km from the city centre, and the history page says the airport is southwest of the city.
A TAV Tunisie tender asks for rehabilitation of runway 07/25. The notice does not say the runway is closed and does not give a start date.
No liquids limit is printed on the airport pages. No drinking-fountain map and no bottle price are printed either.

Ground transport guide

City-transfer, rideshare, train, and parking guidance from the markdown guide.

From Ground Transport & Parking

Rail is the Sahel Metro, labelled a subway on the fact sheets. The airport page names the stop Habib Bourguiba Airport, between Sahline and the Eddkhila tourist strip, on the line from Sousse Bab Jedid to Mahdia. Service is given as 05:00–22:00, 46 trains, average headway 40 minutes. No ticket price and no minutes-to-Monastir or minutes-to-Sousse figure is on that page.
Taxis: yellow cabs are listed at about 0.9 TND per km and white tourist taxis at about 1.35 TND per km. The airport's own approximate fares, in TND, are Sousse 35, Mahdia 70, Hammamet 90, Kairouan 90, Nabeul 125, Tunis 215, and Bizerte 305. Monastir city itself is not on that table.
The 2024 fact sheet names a bus among the ways to leave, and it does not name a route, a stop, or a fare. The live transport pages document the metro and the taxis.
Car park, from the charges PDF hosted on the airport CDN (file dated 2023; the amounts include VAT). Cars: 1.5 TND up to 1 hour, 2.5 TND for 1–3 hours, 4 TND for 3–5 hours, 6 TND for 5–12 hours, and 12 TND for 12–24 hours. Buses: 3, 6, 9, 12, and 24 TND for up to 1 hour, 1–2 hours, 2–3 hours, 3–5 hours, and 5–24 hours. Promoted car subscriptions: 24 TND for 3 days, 36 for 7, 48 for 15, and 64 for 30. A lost ticket is 30 TND. Take the ticket within one hour of driving in. The terminal and the car park are both described as 24-hour.
Capacity figures disagree. The live terminal page says 522 cars and 117 buses. The 2023 fact sheet says 639 spaces. The 2024 fact sheet says 675 spaces and a car-park area of 35,000 m². The live fee calculator does not print this table, so treat the 2023 PDF as the last written tariff, not a 2026 price list.

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Sahel Metro

Stop Habib Bourguiba Airport on the Sousse Bab Jedid–Mahdia line, between Sahline and the Eddkhila tourist area.

Time to city

Not printed

Cost

Not printed

Tip: The airport clock is 05:00–22:00, about every 40 minutes, 46 trains a day.

FastestBest for luggage

Yellow and white tourist taxis

Yellow cabs are listed at about 0.9 TND per km and white tourist taxis at about 1.35 TND per km.

Time to city

Not printed

Cost

Sousse 35 TND on the airport table

Tip: The same table lists Mahdia 70, Hammamet 90, Kairouan 90, Nabeul 125, Tunis 215, and Bizerte 305. Monastir city is not on it.

Official car park

The 2023 charges PDF, VAT included, is the last written public tariff. The live calculator does not print the table.

Time to city

On site

Cost

1.5 TND up to 1 hour, 12 TND for 12–24 hours

Tip: Take a ticket within one hour of entry. A lost ticket is 30 TND in that PDF.

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Depends

Primeclass CIP Lounge

TerminalAirside

Real lounge, expensive walk-up, and the operator and the card directories do not agree on the gate or the hours.

Access: Priority Pass · LoungeKey · Day pass

Hours: Airport and Primeclass site: 24 hours. Priority Pass and Mastercard finder: 08:00–20:00.

Amenities: Wi-Fi · Television · Flight information · Magazines · Prayer room on Priority Pass

Best for: A card visit between 08:00 and 20:00

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Lounge & amenity notes

Lounge, food, and quiet-spot picks pulled from the markdown guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

One lounge is published: Primeclass CIP Lounge, run by TAV Operation Services Tunisia. The airport page puts it airside after passport control, next to gate 10, open 24 hours, with internet, a television, a flight screen, online magazines and newspapers, and refreshments. Lounge-only access is 130 TND excluding 19% VAT. That price does not include check-in, immigration, duty-free escort, or a walk to the gate.
Meet-and-assist is separate: 185 TND excluding 19% VAT. It covers a greeting, a dedicated check-in desk, escorted immigration when the authorities allow it, help in duty free, and an escort toward the gate. Priority boarding is not included. Phones +216 98 708 992 and +216 70 634 648. Emails Fares.Chtioui@tav.aero and Primeclass.Monastir@tav.aero.
Priority Pass lists the same lounge name at 08:00–20:00 every day, airside next to gate 12, with a 3-hour cap, children under 2 free, a separate prayer room, a dress code, pre-packed food, and standard alcohol. Telephone and printing are paid. The Primeclass site also says 24/7, under 2 free, and a 3-hour stay, and it does not name the gate. The airport fee table does not print a child price or a time cap.
The public Mastercard lounge finder matches Priority Pass: 08:00–20:00, next to gate 12. A DragonPass page for a Primeclass CIP Lounge at this airport instead says landside, before passport control, beside the check-in desks, and 08:00–15:00. That does not match the airport page, so DragonPass is not treated as confirmed access.
Showers are not on the airport list, the Priority Pass list, or the Mastercard list.
Free Wi-Fi uses the name TAV FREE WIFI. Six cafes are counted on the terminal page and not named. No fountain map and no bottled-water price are published.
The operator's Routes profile, whose passenger total matches the TAV group split, names the top five airlines as Nouvelair, Transavia France, Tunisair, Smartwings, and HiSky, with 22 airlines and 64 destinations. That is a summary, not a timetable. Do not treat an encyclopedia destination table as the current schedule.

good

TAV FREE WIFI

Fast WiFi

Free Wi-Fi under the name TAV FREE WIFI at check-in, in the departure hall, facing the gates, at arrivals police control, and in baggage reclaim. No password is printed.

basic

Primeclass CIP Lounge

Has Lounge

Airside lounge after passport control. Cash lounge access is 130 TND excluding 19% VAT. Priority Pass hours are shorter than the airport's 24-hour claim.

basic

Duty free and a public drugstore

Shopping

The terminal page counts 4 duty-free shops. ATU is described after passport control on departures and arrivals. A drugstore in the public departures hall sells newspapers and souvenirs.

basic

Six cafes, unnamed

Food

The terminal page counts 6 cafes and restaurants and does not name them or print prices.

good

Sahel Metro

Easy Transport

Habib Bourguiba Airport stop on the Sousse Bab Jedid–Mahdia line, about every 40 minutes from 05:00 to 22:00. No fare is printed on the airport page.

Editorial guide tricks

The markdown guide's highest-signal tactics before the data-backed tips below.

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Arrive 2 hours before an international departure. The check-in page also prints 1.5 hours for a domestic flight, but the operator's 2023 and 2024 fact sheets both mark passenger traffic as 100% international and 0% domestic.
Use desks 1–33 in Zone A for Tunisair Handling and desks 34–46 in Area B for Nouvelair. The live check-in page counts 46 desks. The 2023 and 2024 fact sheets still print 42.
Bring a passport. The same page also lists an ID card, a driving licence, or a marriage certificate as picture ID, and it says every passenger, including infants, must show ID. An e-ticket passenger needs the PNR.
The Sahel Metro stop is on the airport site, on the Sousse Bab Jedid–Mahdia line. The airport page says 46 services a day between 05:00 and 22:00, about every 40 minutes. It does not print a fare or a ride time.
Connect to the network named TAV FREE WIFI. The French page says it is free and does not print a password. It names the Tunisair and Nouvelair check-in desks, the departure hall, the boarding area facing the gates, arrivals police control, and baggage reclaim.
If you only want the lounge, pay the lounge-only price. Meet-and-assist is a separate product and does not include priority boarding.

01

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Split the check-in hall by handler

Desks 1–33 are Tunisair Handling. Desks 34–46 are Nouvelair.

The live page asks international passengers to arrive 2 hours before departure. It still prints a 1.5-hour domestic rule, while the latest fact sheets show the traffic as entirely international.

Pro

The two zones are numbered, so you are not hunting an unnamed island desk.

02

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Buy the lounge, not the escort, unless you want the escort

130 TND before tax is the room. 185 TND before tax is meet-and-assist.

Meet-and-assist does not include priority boarding, and escorted immigration can be refused by the authorities. Card directories also disagree with the airport on the gate number and the hours.

Watch-out

130 TND plus 19% VAT is a steep walk-up price for pre-packed food.

03

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

The metro stops at 22:00

Late charter arrivals will not find a train on the airport's own clock.

The airport page gives 46 services between 05:00 and 22:00 and an average gap of 40 minutes. It does not print the fare. Yellow taxis are listed at about 0.9 TND per km, and the published Sousse fare is 35 TND.

Pro

The stop is part of the airport, not a bus ride away.

Lounges, Food & Amenities

Hydration notes pulled from the editorial guide.

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

Free Wi-Fi uses the name TAV FREE WIFI. Six cafes are counted on the terminal page and not named. No fountain map and no bottled-water price are published.

Entry requirements

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Published alerts

Editorial profile notes — not a live alert feed. Live operations are on Overview and in the panel below.

Published alerts

Typical operations snapshot — editorial, not live news. File dated Sep 25, 2026.

Normal

No live delay feed is published. On-time percentage is stored as unknown. The 2024 fact sheet prints 67% departure punctuality and does not define the cutoff.TAV Tunisie has tendered rehabilitation of runway 07/25. The notice does not announce a closure.

Typical delay mix from the same editorial snapshot — not a live feed. Current operations are on Overview.

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