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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 comprises a long runway with a parallel taxiway and a parking ramp. There are no permanent structures visible,[2] nor are there any production oilfields in the area.

Nanur Airport
  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: none
  • LID: HL83
Summary
Airport typeCivil
OperatorGovernment
LocationLibya
Elevation AMSL185 ft / 56 m
Coordinates31°42′20″N 14°54′40″E
Map
Nanur
Location of the airport in Libya
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,898 12,789 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1]

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. [3]

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


See also



References


  1. Airport information for Nanur Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  3.  This article incorporates public domain material from 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.






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