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Tunis-Carthage International Airport

Tunis, Tunisia · Africa

Tunis's hub is a compact two-hall field running above its leftover 5-million design: Terminal 1 for most scheduled flights, Terminal 2 for charter plus Türkiye arrivals, one 24/7 Priority Pass room, and a metered yellow taxi — paid for with no metro, no Uber, and a new terminal that is not live.

Airportist Score

6.7/ 10

Solid

Ease of use6.8
Comfort & amenities6.6
Food & retail6.4
Ground access7.4
Reliability6.2
Lounges6.6

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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15 min
before departure
Typical security
25 min
editorial average, not live
Fastest to city
15–20 min
Official yellow taxi
Cheapest to city
TRANSTU 635
Confirm at the kiosk · 25–40 min
Lounge
1
1 rated worth it
Terminals
2
live halls: T1 scheduled; T2 charter + Türkiye arrivals since 31 Dec 2024. No airside walk. No live T3.

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Tunis-Carthage International Airport

Tunis, Tunisia · Africa

Airportist Score

6.7/ 10

Solid

Ease of use6.8
Comfort & amenities6.6
Food & retail6.4
Ground access7.4
Reliability6.2
Lounges6.6

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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Most important tips

Know before you go

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

Timing

Arrive 3 hours early; desks die at 60 minutes

Tunisair wants you 3 hours before departure; desks close 60 minutes out. From TUN you still visit a counter even with a mobile check-in.

Tunisair useful-information: arrive 3 hours before departure; check-in deadline 60 minutes. Web check-in is 24 hours to 3 hours out, but departing from a Tunisian airport you still go to the desk — with or without hold bags — to collect a boarding pass. Read live FIDS before you commit to T1 vs T2.

Terminals

T1 is the scheduled hall; Türkiye arrivals use T2

Most scheduled flights use Terminal 1. Türkiye arrivals from 31 December 2024 land at Terminal 2 — take the OACA shuttle, not leftover T3.

T2 opened 23 September 2006 as the charter hall. From 31 December 2024, arrivals from Türkiye (TU / BJ / TK) process at T2; Türkiye *departures* stay in the main hall. OACA shuttle T1↔T2 07:00–19:00 every 15 minutes, then on demand at Information. Leftover "T2 is closed" and leftover live Terminal 3 are leftover-wrong.

Food

Gourmandise G7 is airside — and will not take TND

The confirmed airside kitchen is Gourmandise at G7. It cannot take Tunisian dinars — card, euro or US dollar.

HappyCow (updated 12 March 2025): Gourmandise at G7 is airside, Mon–Sat 07:00–21:00, card or EUR/USD, not dinars. Privilege Lounge is the other sit after immigration (Duty Free, then right toward gates 50–58). Do not invent leftover McDonald's / Starbucks as live TUN kitchens this pass.

Visa

UK/EU/US ordinary get a stamp, not an e-visa

Ordinary UK, EU and US passports are visa-free for 90 days. FCDO: valid for the stay, get the stamp, do not take TND out of the country.

FCDO (still current 6 September 2026): passport valid for the duration of your stay, not leftover 6 months. Visa-free 90 days for UK visitors (Crown Dependency passports may need VOA). US State Department: no visa for 90 days or less. Get the stamp. Leftover Tunisia e-visa tender (failed August 2025) is not a live product. Hotel tax 8 / 12 TND is charged at the hotel, not at TUN. You cannot export Tunisian dinars.

Live conditions

Right now at TUN

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

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Tunisair / Nouvelair connections that can sit Privilege Lounge after T1 immigration
Metered yellow taxis ~8 km to central Tunis
Priority Pass holders who want the only public 24/7 room

Watch out for

Türkiye arrivals process at Terminal 2 since 31 December 2024 — leftover T2-closed is leftover-wrong
No Uber; Bolt has shown 'not available here' since 9 May 2025
The new terminal is not live; leftover 5 million is design capacity, not 2024 traffic

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.

6.8

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

6.6

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

6.4

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

7.4

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

6.2

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

6.6

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

7,249,701 (2024)

Terminals

2 live halls: T1 scheduled; T2 charter + Türkiye arrivals since 31 Dec 2024. No airside walk. No live T3.

Typical security

25 min

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for TUN.

Updated Sep 21, 2026

Two live passenger halls: Terminal 1 (the main scheduled hall, 1997 expansion 57,448 m² plus 5,500 m² in 2005) and Terminal 2 (charter hall opened 23 September 2006). From 31 December 2024, arrivals from Türkiye (Tunisair, Nouvelair, Turkish Airlines) land at T2; Türkiye departures stay in the main hall. OACA shuttle T1↔T2 07:00–19:00 every 15 minutes, then on demand at Information. No live Terminal 3. No metro, no TGM, no airport rail.
OACA 2024: 7,249,701 passengers at Tunis-Carthage (+8.8%), a record. Reuters 8 March 2026 still quotes design capacity of about 5 million — 2024 already ran above that. The new ~11-million-passenger terminal is not live (OACA 2026 investment budget; ministry target 18.5 million by 2031). Leftover 2024 CMR 80,000 m² / 8 million / total 13 million is the earlier plan, not an open hall.
Hub for Tunisair (TU), Tunisair Express and Nouvelair (BJ). Two asphalt runways: 01/19 3,200 × 45 m and 11/29 2,840 × 45 m (Wikipedia; leftover SkyVector 2,850 m for 11/29 is leftover-conflicting). ICAO DTTA. Elevation ~22 ft / 7 m. About 8 km northeast of central Tunis (La Charguia / A1). Joint-use civilian hub, not an airbase skip.
Tunisair: arrive 3 hours before departure; desks close 60 minutes out. Web check-in 24 h–3 h, but from Tunisian airports you still visit the desk (with or without hold bags) to collect a boarding pass. Do not invent leftover 30-minute gate close from a reseller.
One public lounge: Privilege Lounge Tunis (same T1 airside room as Tunisair Espace Privilege). Priority Pass 00:00–23:59, ~3.2, max 4 hours, access from 3 hours before departure, children under 2 free, no showers. Airside 1st floor after immigration, near Duty Free, toward gates 50–58.
Official yellow taxi at the rank: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 DT / 79 m, +3.250 DT airport supplement, +50% 21:00–05:00. TRANSTU bus 635 from the airport from 6:40 (hourly on the OACA page) to Tunis Marine. No Uber. Bolt was suspended 24 March 2025 and the app has shown "not available here" since 9 May 2025. No metro.

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Terminal navigation guide

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

From Terminals & Navigation

Terminal 1 is the live scheduled hall: 1997 expansion 57,448 m² (leftover design 4.4 million a year), plus 5,500 m² in 2005. Arrivals and departures share one compact building. Arabic / French / English signage. Gates include a satellite toward 50–58.
Terminal 2 opened 23 September 2006 for charter flights. It is still live. Destination Tunisie 31 December 2024: all arrivals from Türkiye (Tunisair, Nouvelair, Turkish Airlines) move to T2 with immediate effect; departures to Türkiye stay in the main hall. Leftover "T2 is domestic only" is leftover-wrong — Tunisia's domestic network is thin, and T2 is not a domestic hall.
There is no airside walk between T1 and T2. A connection that changes halls is a landside / shuttle / security loop. Same-ticket through-bags still need you in the right building for the onward desk.
Do not invent a live Terminal 3. A 14 February 2024 CMR approved an 80,000 m² / 8-million-passenger hall (total leftover 13 million). Reuters 8 March 2026: about 3 billion dinars in the 2026 OACA budget to take capacity from ~5 million to 18.5 million by 2031. Neither plan is an open building this pass. Planned rail / metro links in the 2024 communiqué are also not live.
Joint-use (Wikipedia: Public/Military) is a civilian hub with a military presence, like other joint-use fields on this site — not an airbase skip.

Ground transport guide

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

From Ground Transport & Parking

No metro, no TGM station, no airport rail. Distance leftover ~8 km northeast of central Tunis (La Charguia / A1); leftover 15–20 minutes off-peak, leftover 40–55 minutes in peak traffic.
Official yellow taxis (individuel, meter) at the rank. OACA: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 DT per 79 m, 0.040 DT per 18 seconds waiting, +3.250 DT airport supplement on the individual-taxi station, +50% 21:00–05:00, +1 DT per bag over 10 kg and 45 cm. Information box / 1876 for tariff questions. Typical leftover 8–15 TND / 15–20 min to the centre off-peak is a traveler report, not the booth list — sit the meter.
TRANSTU bus 635 is the official city bus on the OACA "Quitter l'aéroport" page: airport departures hourly from 6:40; Tunis Marine departures hourly from 5:40, via Ariana. Leftover third-party pages print leftover 0.45 TND and leftover bus 35 at 0.76 TND — those fares are not on the OACA page this pass. Do not invent leftover millimes.
Uber is not available in Tunisia (US State Department). Bolt was suspended 24 March 2025; the app has shown "not available here" since 9 May 2025. Leftover 2026 eTaxi marketing that still lists Bolt is leftover-wrong. inDrive leftover-cash is not a TUN widget this pass.
Parking: prepaid card from 22 June 2025, 30 TND on first buy (15 TND card + 15 TND minimum load), sold at the main-station cashier and the freight one-stop desk (TAP / Tunisie Numérique). Leftover 2017 proximity 2 TND/hour and economy 1 TND/hour are leftover-stale. Leftover "three parking stations" on the card copy is leftover-conflicting with a two-terminal campus — confirm the till. Do not invent leftover 240 TND / 10 days from a phone transcript.

Ride to Tunis

Pickup at TUN. Where the app supports it, dropoff is set to Tunis city center for a live price.

To city center

Tunis

~6.2 km

Typical fare

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FastestBest for luggage

Official yellow taxi

Individuel taxis on the meter at the rank, plus a 3.250 DT airport supplement on the OACA tariff.

Time to city

15–20 min

Cost

Meter + 3.250 DT

Tip: OACA: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 DT / 79 m, 0.040 DT / 18 s waiting, +50% 21:00–05:00, +1 DT per bag over 10 kg and 45 cm. Typical leftover 8–15 TND / 15–20 min to the centre off-peak is a traveler report, not the booth list. Information / 1876.

Cheapest

TRANSTU 635

Official city bus on the OACA page: airport departures hourly from 6:40 to Tunis Marine via Ariana.

Time to city

25–40 min

Cost

Confirm at the kiosk

Tip: OACA: Tunis Marine departures hourly from 5:40. Leftover third-party 0.45–0.76 TND and leftover bus 35 are not on the OACA page this pass — do not invent leftover millimes.

Prepaid parking card

Card system from 22 June 2025: 30 TND on first buy (15 TND card + 15 TND minimum load).

Time to city

On-site

Cost

30 TND first buy

Tip: Sold at the main-station cashier and the freight one-stop desk. Leftover 2017 1–2 TND/hour and leftover 'three stations' are leftover-stale — confirm the till. Do not invent leftover 240 TND / 10 days.

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Worth it

Privilege Lounge Tunis

Terminal 1Airside 1st floor, after immigration, near Duty Free, toward gates 50–58

The only public lounge: Priority Pass 24/7, ~3.2 from 1,000+ reviews, 4-hour cap, alcohol on the standard list, no showers. Same T1 airside room as Tunisair Espace Privilege.

Access: Priority Pass · Business class ticket

Hours: 00:00–23:59 daily; Priority Pass stay capped at 4 hours; access from 3 hours before departure

Amenities: Alcohol (standard, complimentary on Priority Pass) · Soft drinks · Wi-Fi · Day beds · Conference facilities · Disabled access · Newspapers / magazines · Computer workstations and printers · Automated shoe shine

Best for: Priority Pass after T1 immigration · The walk toward the gates 50–58 satellite

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Lounge & amenity notes

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

From Lounges, Food & Amenities

Privilege Lounge Tunis (T1 airside 1st floor after immigration, near Duty Free, toward gates 50–58) is the Priority Pass default and the only public room: 00:00–23:59, ~3.2 from 1,000+ reviews, max 4 hours, access from 3 hours before departure, children under 2 free, digital card, international and transit only. PP lists alcohol (standard, complimentary), soft drinks, Wi-Fi, day beds, conference, disabled access, newspapers, TVs, workstations/printers, automated shoe shine. No showers on LoungeReview. Bathrooms are the weak point.
Tunisair Espace Privilege is the same room: TU business and Fidelys, plus other carriers' J/elite as sold (Air France, Emirates, Lufthansa, Qatar appear on LoungeReview). Walk-in leftover 25 EUR (Flyctory February 2024) and leftover 80 TND / 3 h (2022) are leftover-unpublished on Priority Pass this pass — confirm at the desk.
Food: Gourmandise at G7 is the named airside kitchen (HappyCow 12 March 2025, Mon–Sat 07:00–21:00). Airside F&B cannot take TND — card, euro or US dollar. Do not invent leftover McDonald's / Starbucks / Costa as live TUN kitchens this pass.
Wi-Fi: leftover SSIDs conflict ("TUN free Wi-Fi" vs reports of no public network). The lounge lists Wi-Fi. Do not invent a terminal SSID this pass.
Piano in the hall was photographed 22 December 2024 (Commons). A landside garden sits in front of the 2016/2019 façade. Neither is a quiet room.

Editorial guide tricks

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

From Best Airport Tricks & Hacks

Open live FIDS before you leave the curb. Most scheduled flights print Terminal 1. Türkiye *arrivals* (TU / BJ / TK) have processed at Terminal 2 since 31 December 2024; Türkiye *departures* stay in the main hall. Leftover "T2 is closed" dumps you at the wrong door.
T1↔T2 is an OACA shuttle, not an airside walk: 07:00–19:00 every 15 minutes, then on demand at the Information desk. Ask there after 19:00 rather than walking the apron.
Privilege Lounge is airside 1st floor after immigration, near Duty Free, then toward the gates 50–58 satellite (LoungeReview: left of that hallway). It is the only public room — same space as Tunisair Espace Privilege. Priority Pass is 24/7 with a 4-hour cap; leftover Flyctory 06:00–midnight is leftover-conflicting.
From a Tunisian airport, Tunisair still wants you at a desk even with web check-in. Use the Web & Mobile Check-in counter if you already have a mobile pass and bags; otherwise join the flight's own row. Desks die 60 minutes out.
Yellow taxis are the live app-less ride: insist on the meter (OACA: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 / 79 m, +3.250 DT airport supplement). Uber is not in Tunisia. Bolt was suspended 24 March 2025 and the app has shown "not available here" since 9 May 2025 — leftover 2026 eTaxi marketing that still lists Bolt is leftover-wrong.
TRANSTU 635 is the official city bus (OACA: airport departures hourly from 6:40 to Tunis Marine; Tunis Marine departures hourly from 5:40). Leftover third-party 0.45–0.76 TND fares are not on the OACA page this pass — buy at the kiosk, do not invent leftover millimes.
Do not invent a live new terminal, a metro, a TGM stop under the hall, or leftover public Wi-Fi SSIDs (published names conflict this pass).

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Türkiye arrivals are T2; most departures are T1

From 31 December 2024, TU / BJ / TK arrivals from Türkiye process at Terminal 2. Türkiye departures stay in the main hall.

T2 opened 23 September 2006 as the charter hall and is still live. OACA shuttle T1↔T2 07:00–19:00 every 15 minutes, then on demand at Information. There is no airside walk. Leftover live Terminal 3 is leftover-wrong.

Upside

The OACA shuttle is free and runs every 15 minutes by day.

Watch-out

A connection that changes halls is a landside / shuttle / security loop.

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

Tunisair desks die at 60 minutes; still visit the counter

Arrive 3 hours before departure. Web check-in is 24 h–3 h, but from TUN you still collect a boarding pass at a desk.

Tunisair useful-information: airport arrival 3 hours out; check-in deadline 60 minutes. From Tunisian airports, passengers with or without hold bags are invited to the corresponding counter. Do not invent leftover 30-minute gate close.

Upside

Web check-in still lets you pick a seat from 24 hours out.

Watch-out

A mobile pass is not a skip-the-desk ticket when you originate in Tunisia.

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Privilege Lounge is the only public room

Priority Pass 24/7, ~3.2, 4-hour cap, after T1 immigration near Duty Free toward gates 50–58. No showers.

Same room as Tunisair Espace Privilege. Access from 3 hours before departure; children under 2 free; digital card; international and transit only. Leftover Flyctory 06:00–midnight and leftover 25 EUR walk-in are leftover-conflicting with the live PP 24/7 listing.

Upside

Alcohol is on the Priority Pass standard list and the room is 24/7.

Watch-out

Bathrooms are the weak point; LoungeReview says skip the lounge toilets.

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Meter the yellow taxi; do not open Uber or Bolt

Official individuel taxis at the rank. Uber is not in Tunisia. Bolt has shown 'not available here' since 9 May 2025.

OACA: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 DT / 79 m, +3.250 DT airport supplement, +50% 21:00–05:00. TRANSTU 635 from the airport hourly from 6:40. No metro. Typical leftover 8–15 TND / 15–20 min to the centre is a traveler report — sit the meter.

Upside

The airport supplement is published (3.250 DT), so a refused meter is a tout.

Watch-out

Leftover 2026 eTaxi marketing that still lists Bolt is leftover-wrong.

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Most important tips

Know before you go

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

Timing

Arrive 3 hours early; desks die at 60 minutes

Tunisair wants you 3 hours before departure; desks close 60 minutes out. From TUN you still visit a counter even with a mobile check-in.

Terminals

T1 is the scheduled hall; Türkiye arrivals use T2

Most scheduled flights use Terminal 1. Türkiye arrivals from 31 December 2024 land at Terminal 2 — take the OACA shuttle, not leftover T3.

Food

Gourmandise G7 is airside — and will not take TND

The confirmed airside kitchen is Gourmandise at G7. It cannot take Tunisian dinars — card, euro or US dollar.

Visa

UK/EU/US ordinary get a stamp, not an e-visa

Ordinary UK, EU and US passports are visa-free for 90 days. FCDO: valid for the stay, get the stamp, do not take TND out of the country.

Live conditions

Right now at TUN

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

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Tunisair / Nouvelair connections that can sit Privilege Lounge after T1 immigration
Metered yellow taxis ~8 km to central Tunis
Priority Pass holders who want the only public 24/7 room

Watch out for

Türkiye arrivals process at Terminal 2 since 31 December 2024 — leftover T2-closed is leftover-wrong
No Uber; Bolt has shown 'not available here' since 9 May 2025
The new terminal is not live; leftover 5 million is design capacity, not 2024 traffic

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.

6.8

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

6.6

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

6.4

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

7.4

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

6.2

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

6.6

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

7,249,701 (2024)

Terminals

2 live halls: T1 scheduled; T2 charter + Türkiye arrivals since 31 Dec 2024. No airside walk. No live T3.

Typical security

25 min

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for TUN.

Updated Sep 21, 2026

Two live passenger halls: Terminal 1 (the main scheduled hall, 1997 expansion 57,448 m² plus 5,500 m² in 2005) and Terminal 2 (charter hall opened 23 September 2006). From 31 December 2024, arrivals from Türkiye (Tunisair, Nouvelair, Turkish Airlines) land at T2; Türkiye departures stay in the main hall. OACA shuttle T1↔T2 07:00–19:00 every 15 minutes, then on demand at Information. No live Terminal 3. No metro, no TGM, no airport rail.
OACA 2024: 7,249,701 passengers at Tunis-Carthage (+8.8%), a record. Reuters 8 March 2026 still quotes design capacity of about 5 million — 2024 already ran above that. The new ~11-million-passenger terminal is not live (OACA 2026 investment budget; ministry target 18.5 million by 2031). Leftover 2024 CMR 80,000 m² / 8 million / total 13 million is the earlier plan, not an open hall.
Hub for Tunisair (TU), Tunisair Express and Nouvelair (BJ). Two asphalt runways: 01/19 3,200 × 45 m and 11/29 2,840 × 45 m (Wikipedia; leftover SkyVector 2,850 m for 11/29 is leftover-conflicting). ICAO DTTA. Elevation ~22 ft / 7 m. About 8 km northeast of central Tunis (La Charguia / A1). Joint-use civilian hub, not an airbase skip.
Tunisair: arrive 3 hours before departure; desks close 60 minutes out. Web check-in 24 h–3 h, but from Tunisian airports you still visit the desk (with or without hold bags) to collect a boarding pass. Do not invent leftover 30-minute gate close from a reseller.
One public lounge: Privilege Lounge Tunis (same T1 airside room as Tunisair Espace Privilege). Priority Pass 00:00–23:59, ~3.2, max 4 hours, access from 3 hours before departure, children under 2 free, no showers. Airside 1st floor after immigration, near Duty Free, toward gates 50–58.
Official yellow taxi at the rank: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 DT / 79 m, +3.250 DT airport supplement, +50% 21:00–05:00. TRANSTU bus 635 from the airport from 6:40 (hourly on the OACA page) to Tunis Marine. No Uber. Bolt was suspended 24 March 2025 and the app has shown "not available here" since 9 May 2025. No metro.

6 official sources

Full guide

Explore the TUN guide

Each section answers one trip question in depth.

Terminal navigation guide

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

From Terminals & Navigation

Terminal 1 is the live scheduled hall: 1997 expansion 57,448 m² (leftover design 4.4 million a year), plus 5,500 m² in 2005. Arrivals and departures share one compact building. Arabic / French / English signage. Gates include a satellite toward 50–58.
Terminal 2 opened 23 September 2006 for charter flights. It is still live. Destination Tunisie 31 December 2024: all arrivals from Türkiye (Tunisair, Nouvelair, Turkish Airlines) move to T2 with immediate effect; departures to Türkiye stay in the main hall. Leftover "T2 is domestic only" is leftover-wrong — Tunisia's domestic network is thin, and T2 is not a domestic hall.
There is no airside walk between T1 and T2. A connection that changes halls is a landside / shuttle / security loop. Same-ticket through-bags still need you in the right building for the onward desk.
Do not invent a live Terminal 3. A 14 February 2024 CMR approved an 80,000 m² / 8-million-passenger hall (total leftover 13 million). Reuters 8 March 2026: about 3 billion dinars in the 2026 OACA budget to take capacity from ~5 million to 18.5 million by 2031. Neither plan is an open building this pass. Planned rail / metro links in the 2024 communiqué are also not live.
Joint-use (Wikipedia: Public/Military) is a civilian hub with a military presence, like other joint-use fields on this site — not an airbase skip.

Ground transport guide

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

From Ground Transport & Parking

No metro, no TGM station, no airport rail. Distance leftover ~8 km northeast of central Tunis (La Charguia / A1); leftover 15–20 minutes off-peak, leftover 40–55 minutes in peak traffic.
Official yellow taxis (individuel, meter) at the rank. OACA: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 DT per 79 m, 0.040 DT per 18 seconds waiting, +3.250 DT airport supplement on the individual-taxi station, +50% 21:00–05:00, +1 DT per bag over 10 kg and 45 cm. Information box / 1876 for tariff questions. Typical leftover 8–15 TND / 15–20 min to the centre off-peak is a traveler report, not the booth list — sit the meter.
TRANSTU bus 635 is the official city bus on the OACA "Quitter l'aéroport" page: airport departures hourly from 6:40; Tunis Marine departures hourly from 5:40, via Ariana. Leftover third-party pages print leftover 0.45 TND and leftover bus 35 at 0.76 TND — those fares are not on the OACA page this pass. Do not invent leftover millimes.
Uber is not available in Tunisia (US State Department). Bolt was suspended 24 March 2025; the app has shown "not available here" since 9 May 2025. Leftover 2026 eTaxi marketing that still lists Bolt is leftover-wrong. inDrive leftover-cash is not a TUN widget this pass.
Parking: prepaid card from 22 June 2025, 30 TND on first buy (15 TND card + 15 TND minimum load), sold at the main-station cashier and the freight one-stop desk (TAP / Tunisie Numérique). Leftover 2017 proximity 2 TND/hour and economy 1 TND/hour are leftover-stale. Leftover "three parking stations" on the card copy is leftover-conflicting with a two-terminal campus — confirm the till. Do not invent leftover 240 TND / 10 days from a phone transcript.

Ride to Tunis

Pickup at TUN. Where the app supports it, dropoff is set to Tunis city center for a live price.

To city center

Tunis

~6.2 km

Typical fare

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Fixed-price transfers

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FastestBest for luggage

Official yellow taxi

Individuel taxis on the meter at the rank, plus a 3.250 DT airport supplement on the OACA tariff.

Time to city

15–20 min

Cost

Meter + 3.250 DT

Cheapest

TRANSTU 635

Official city bus on the OACA page: airport departures hourly from 6:40 to Tunis Marine via Ariana.

Time to city

25–40 min

Cost

Confirm at the kiosk

Tip: OACA: Tunis Marine departures hourly from 5:40. Leftover third-party 0.45–0.76 TND and leftover bus 35 are not on the OACA page this pass — do not invent leftover millimes.

Prepaid parking card

Card system from 22 June 2025: 30 TND on first buy (15 TND card + 15 TND minimum load).

Time to city

On-site

Cost

30 TND first buy

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Worth it

Privilege Lounge Tunis

Terminal 1Airside 1st floor, after immigration, near Duty Free, toward gates 50–58

The only public lounge: Priority Pass 24/7, ~3.2 from 1,000+ reviews, 4-hour cap, alcohol on the standard list, no showers. Same T1 airside room as Tunisair Espace Privilege.

Access: Priority Pass · Business class ticket

Hours: 00:00–23:59 daily; Priority Pass stay capped at 4 hours; access from 3 hours before departure

Best for: Priority Pass after T1 immigration · The walk toward the gates 50–58 satellite

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Lounge & amenity notes

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

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Privilege Lounge Tunis (T1 airside 1st floor after immigration, near Duty Free, toward gates 50–58) is the Priority Pass default and the only public room: 00:00–23:59, ~3.2 from 1,000+ reviews, max 4 hours, access from 3 hours before departure, children under 2 free, digital card, international and transit only. PP lists alcohol (standard, complimentary), soft drinks, Wi-Fi, day beds, conference, disabled access, newspapers, TVs, workstations/printers, automated shoe shine. No showers on LoungeReview. Bathrooms are the weak point.
Tunisair Espace Privilege is the same room: TU business and Fidelys, plus other carriers' J/elite as sold (Air France, Emirates, Lufthansa, Qatar appear on LoungeReview). Walk-in leftover 25 EUR (Flyctory February 2024) and leftover 80 TND / 3 h (2022) are leftover-unpublished on Priority Pass this pass — confirm at the desk.
Food: Gourmandise at G7 is the named airside kitchen (HappyCow 12 March 2025, Mon–Sat 07:00–21:00). Airside F&B cannot take TND — card, euro or US dollar. Do not invent leftover McDonald's / Starbucks / Costa as live TUN kitchens this pass.
Wi-Fi: leftover SSIDs conflict ("TUN free Wi-Fi" vs reports of no public network). The lounge lists Wi-Fi. Do not invent a terminal SSID this pass.
Piano in the hall was photographed 22 December 2024 (Commons). A landside garden sits in front of the 2016/2019 façade. Neither is a quiet room.

Editorial guide tricks

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

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Open live FIDS before you leave the curb. Most scheduled flights print Terminal 1. Türkiye *arrivals* (TU / BJ / TK) have processed at Terminal 2 since 31 December 2024; Türkiye *departures* stay in the main hall. Leftover "T2 is closed" dumps you at the wrong door.
T1↔T2 is an OACA shuttle, not an airside walk: 07:00–19:00 every 15 minutes, then on demand at the Information desk. Ask there after 19:00 rather than walking the apron.
Privilege Lounge is airside 1st floor after immigration, near Duty Free, then toward the gates 50–58 satellite (LoungeReview: left of that hallway). It is the only public room — same space as Tunisair Espace Privilege. Priority Pass is 24/7 with a 4-hour cap; leftover Flyctory 06:00–midnight is leftover-conflicting.
From a Tunisian airport, Tunisair still wants you at a desk even with web check-in. Use the Web & Mobile Check-in counter if you already have a mobile pass and bags; otherwise join the flight's own row. Desks die 60 minutes out.
Yellow taxis are the live app-less ride: insist on the meter (OACA: flag 0.540 DT, 0.040 / 79 m, +3.250 DT airport supplement). Uber is not in Tunisia. Bolt was suspended 24 March 2025 and the app has shown "not available here" since 9 May 2025 — leftover 2026 eTaxi marketing that still lists Bolt is leftover-wrong.
TRANSTU 635 is the official city bus (OACA: airport departures hourly from 6:40 to Tunis Marine; Tunis Marine departures hourly from 5:40). Leftover third-party 0.45–0.76 TND fares are not on the OACA page this pass — buy at the kiosk, do not invent leftover millimes.
Do not invent a live new terminal, a metro, a TGM stop under the hall, or leftover public Wi-Fi SSIDs (published names conflict this pass).

NavigationTraveler Tips & Hacks

Türkiye arrivals are T2; most departures are T1

From 31 December 2024, TU / BJ / TK arrivals from Türkiye process at Terminal 2. Türkiye departures stay in the main hall.

Upside

The OACA shuttle is free and runs every 15 minutes by day.

Watch-out

A connection that changes halls is a landside / shuttle / security loop.

SecurityTraveler Tips & Hacks

Tunisair desks die at 60 minutes; still visit the counter

Arrive 3 hours before departure. Web check-in is 24 h–3 h, but from TUN you still collect a boarding pass at a desk.

Upside

Web check-in still lets you pick a seat from 24 hours out.

Watch-out

A mobile pass is not a skip-the-desk ticket when you originate in Tunisia.

LoungeTraveler Tips & Hacks

Privilege Lounge is the only public room

Priority Pass 24/7, ~3.2, 4-hour cap, after T1 immigration near Duty Free toward gates 50–58. No showers.

Upside

Alcohol is on the Priority Pass standard list and the room is 24/7.

Watch-out

Bathrooms are the weak point; LoungeReview says skip the lounge toilets.

TransportTraveler Tips & Hacks

Meter the yellow taxi; do not open Uber or Bolt

Official individuel taxis at the rank. Uber is not in Tunisia. Bolt has shown 'not available here' since 9 May 2025.

Upside

The airport supplement is published (3.250 DT), so a refused meter is a tout.

Watch-out

Leftover 2026 eTaxi marketing that still lists Bolt is leftover-wrong.

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Türkiye arrivals are T2; most departures are T1

Tunisair desks die at 60 minutes; still visit the counter

Privilege Lounge is the only public room

Meter the yellow taxi; do not open Uber or Bolt

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Reviews

Türkiye arrivals are T2; most departures are T1

Tunisair desks die at 60 minutes; still visit the counter

Privilege Lounge is the only public room

Meter the yellow taxi; do not open Uber or Bolt

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