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| name = Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport<br />
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| IATA =<br />
| ICAO = HL78<br />
| type = Civil<br />
| owner =<br />
| operator = Government<br />
| city-served =<br />
| location = [[Libya]]<br />
| elevation-f = 2000<br />
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| pushpin_map = Libya<br />
| pushpin_label = '''HL78'''<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|30|42|00|N|12|29|05|E|region:LY_type:airport}}<br />
| website =<br />
| metric-rwy = y<br />
| r1-number = 17/35<br />
| r1-length-m = 2360<br />
| r1-length-f = <br />
| r1-surface = Asphalt<br />
| footnotes = Source: GCM<ref>{{GCM|HL78|Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport}}</ref> Google Maps<ref>{{cite web |title=Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@30.7001299,12.4839696,3387m/data=!3m1!1e3 |website=Google Maps |access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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'''Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport''' is an airport in the [[Jabal al Gharbi District]] of [[Libya]], located approximately {{convert|266|km}} south-southwest of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] in the Libyan desert. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.<br />
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==World War II==<br />
During [[World War II]] the airfield, then known as '''Tmed El Chel Airfield''' was used as a military airfield by the [[United States Army Air Force]] during the [[North African Campaign]] against Axis forces.<br />
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USAAF [[United States Air Forces Central|Ninth Air Force]] units which used the airfield were:<br />
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* 81st Bombardment Squadron, ([[12th Bombardment Group]]), 11 January-3 February 1943, [[B-25 Mitchell]]<br />
* 82d Bombardment Squadron, ([[12th Bombardment Group]]), 10 January-4 February 1943, [[B-25 Mitchell]]<ref>{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}<br />
* Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.<br />
* Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II{{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Transport in Libya]]<br />
*[[List of airports in Libya]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/30.6949/12.4848 OpenStreetMap] - Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport<br />
*[http://ourairports.com/airports/HL78/ OurAirports - Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport]<br />
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