Sabha Airport
| Sebha International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: SEB – ICAO: HLLS | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sabha | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Libya | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,427 ft / 424 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°0′0″N 14°27′40″E / 27.00000°N 14.46111°ECoordinates: 27°0′0″N 14°27′40″E / 27.00000°N 14.46111°E | ||||||||||||||
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  SEB Location within Libya | |||||||||||||||
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Sebha International Airport is an airport in Sabha, southern Libya - (IATA: SEB, ICAO: HLLS). As of 17 July 2014 all flights to the airport were suspended due to fighting in the area.[1]
Plans
A LD600 million contract has been signed (May 20, 2008) with a joint venture comprising Lebanon's CCC and a new Libyan investment and development company for a new passenger terminal at Sabha Airport. It will have a capacity of 3 million passengers, and, like the new terminals at Tripoli International and Benina International, will be designed by Aéroports de Paris Engineering.[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Afriqiyah Airways | Benghazi, Sfax, Tripoli, Tunis (suspended) |
| Buraq Air | Tripoli (suspended) |
| Libyan Airlines | Alexandria-Borg el Arab, Benghazi, Cairo, Sfax, Tripoli, Tunis Seasonal: Casablanca (suspended) |
| Syphax Airlines | Sfax (suspended) |
See also
References
- ↑ Saudi Gazette, Libya in Mortal Danger, Editorial, 17 July 2014, http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140717211775
- ↑ (May 20, 2008), Endres, Gunter, Libya to restructure air transport sector, FlightGlobal, Accessed May 20, 2008
External links
- Accident history for SEB at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for HLLS at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for HLLS at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for HLLS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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