El Borma Airport — El Borma, Tunisia

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Looking for the El Borma airport code? El Borma Airport's IATA code is EBM (ICAO: DTTR).

Distance & flight time from EBM

El Borma Airport

El Borma Airport, coded EBM, serves El Borma, a remote oil-producing town deep in the Tunisian Sahara near the Algerian border. The airport exists almost entirely to support the petroleum industry, ferrying oil company workers, engineers, and supplies to and from Tunisia's southern desert oil fields, since the town's extreme isolation makes overland travel from Tunis or other major cities impractical for regular personnel rotations. EBM has no meaningful public commercial service, functioning instead as industrial infrastructure operated in coordination with oil companies active in the region. Given its desert location, the airport must contend with extreme heat and sandstorm conditions, typical challenges for Saharan oil-field aviation facilities across North Africa.

Runways at El Borma Airport (EBM)

RunwayLengthWidthSurface
11/298858 ft (2700 m)148 ft (45 m)ASP

Radio frequencies for El Borma Airport (EBM)

No published frequency data for this airport.

Airports near El Borma Airport (EBM)

EBM is El Borma Airport in the Tunisian Sahara, a desert oil-field airstrip near the Algerian border with essentially no public passenger service, used mainly by petroleum workers.

FAQ

What is the IATA code for El Borma Airport?

The IATA code for El Borma Airport is EBM.

What is the ICAO code for El Borma Airport?

The ICAO code for El Borma Airport is DTTR. IATA codes are 3 letters used for baggage tags and booking; ICAO codes are 4 letters used by air traffic control and pilots.