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Tunis Approach Control

DTTA / TUN — Tunisia

Tunis (DTTA / TUN) is one of the real-world terminal areas you can control in the free ATC Radar Simulator. Its approach (APP) airspace — centred near 36°51.1'N 10°13.6'E in Tunisia — is modelled with real runways, radio navaids and instrument procedures. As the approach controller you sequence arriving traffic onto the ILS approach, launch departures on their standard instrument departures, and keep every flight safely separated on the radar.

Tunis–Carthage is Tunisia’s busiest airport and the hub of Tunisair, set between the city and the Lake of Tunis a few kilometres from the ruins of ancient Carthage. Its main runway 01/19 is joined by the cross runway 11/29, and summer brings waves of holiday flights from across Europe on top of the year-round network to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Tunis–Carthage works mainly on its long runway 01/19, with 11/29 used when the wind or works require it. Arrivals from Europe come in over the Gulf of Tunis from the north and north-east, traffic from the east is routed past the CBN VOR on Cap Bon, and flights from Algeria and the south join from the west and south, all converging on the TUC VOR on the airport.

Runways

Runway 19 is equipped with an ILS (Instrument Landing System) — a localizer for lateral guidance and a glideslope for the descent path down to the threshold. In the simulator you turn arrivals onto the extended centreline, clear them for the approach, and watch them capture the localizer and glideslope automatically.

Radio navaids

VOR/DME: TUCCBN
NDB: KDN

Standard arrivals (STARs)

Standard departures (SIDs)

The terminal airspace

• Field elevation: 22 ft above sea level.
• Transition level: FL60 — below it aircraft fly altitudes on the local QNH; at or above it they fly standard flight levels.
• Upper limit: FL195 — overflights cross the sector below this level.
• The terminal control area (TMA) extends roughly 73 NM around the field.
• Entry / exit fixes on the boundary: TUCCBNKDNABDABINDORTUPALBAMGIBARIMKEMIRMANEXTANITOUTIKTORPIDIDON

How to control Tunis in the simulator

Tunis is a tidy, single-final approach unit with a choice of runways: the ILS on 19 gives a long straight-in final over the Lake of Tunis, while the VOR approaches to 01, 11 and 29 make you think harder about the turn onto final. Watch the busy east side, where arrivals via Cap Bon and departures to the east share the same sky.

Pick Tunis when you start a session, then double-click an aircraft's data block to assume it. Give it radar headings, climb or descend it to a level and control its speed to build an orderly stream toward the runway. Turn arrivals onto final, clear them for the ILS, and keep at least 3 NM and 1,000 ft between aircraft — the short-term conflict alert (STCA) warns you before a loss of separation. New to it? Read the guide to approach radar control and the ATC glossary first.