Skikda Airport

Skikda Airport
IATA: SKI – ICAO: DABP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Skikda
Location	Algeria
Elevation AMSL	23 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	36°51′45.8″N 6°57′3.9″E / 36.862722°N 6.951083°ECoordinates: 36°51′45.8″N 6°57′3.9″E / 36.862722°N 6.951083°E
Map
DABP Location of Skikda Airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 4,850 1,478 Asphalt
Source:World Aero Data

Skikda Airport was an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east of Skikda; about 60 km north-northeast of Constantine.

The airport was closed sometime prior to 2004. The area is overbuilt and used as a storage for construction materials.

World War II

During World War II, the facility was known as "Philippeville Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 310th Bombardment Group flew B-25 Mitchells from the airfield between 10 November-10 December 1943

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 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.
• USAFHRA search for Philippeville Airfield
• Google Earth Historical Imagery

External links

• Accident history for SKI at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for DABP at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for DABP at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for DABP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.