Ra's Lanuf Airport

Ra's Lanuf Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: HLNF
Summary
Airport type	Civil
Operator	Government
Serves	Ra's Lanuf
Location	Libya
Elevation AMSL	42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates	30°30′00″N 018°31′35″E / 30.50000°N 18.52639°ECoordinates: 30°30′00″N 018°31′35″E / 30.50000°N 18.52639°E
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 12/30 1,519 4,985 Composite 18/36 1,919 6,295 Asphalt
Sources: Google Maps[1]

Ra's Lanuf Airport

Location of Ra's Lanuf Airport, Libya

Ra's Lanuf Airport is an airport in the Sirte District of Libya, located approximately 227 km south-southwest of Benghazi. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.

World War II

During World War II the airfield, then known as Hamraiet Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 3–19 January 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army. ^[2]

Further reading

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521 p. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

References

1. Google Maps - Ra's Lanuf
2.  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.