Nanur Airport

Nanur Airport
IATA: noneICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Civil
Operator Government
Location Libya
Elevation AMSL 185 ft / 56 m
Coordinates 31°42′20″N 014°54′40″E / 31.70556°N 14.91111°E / 31.70556; 14.91111Coordinates: 31°42′20″N 014°54′40″E / 31.70556°N 14.91111°E / 31.70556; 14.91111
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,898 12,790 Composite
Nanur Airport
Location of Nanur, Libya

Nanur Airport is an airport in the Wadi Maymun Darraj region of Libya, located approximately 200 km south-southeast of Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Although listed as a civil airport, it appears to function as a reserve Libyan Air Force airfield. It consists of a very large runway, capable of strategic bomber use, with a taxiway and a parking ramp. There are no permanent structures visible,[1] nor are there any production oilfields in the area.

World War II

During World War II the airfield, then known as Darragh 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 19 January-3 March 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army. [2]

The current airfield appears to be overlaid on its World War II predecessor facility.

References

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

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