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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox airport<br />
| name = Nanur Airport<br />
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| image =<br />
| IATA =<br />
| ICAO =<br />
| LID = HL83<br />
| type = Civil<br />
| owner =<br />
| operator = Government<br />
| city-served =<br />
| location = [[Libya]]<br />
| elevation-f = 185<br />
| elevation-m = <br />
| pushpin_map = Libya<br />
| pushpin_label = '''Nanur'''<br />
| pushpin_map_alt =<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in Libya<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|31|42|20|N|14|54|40|E|region:LY_type:airport|display=inline,title}}<br />
| website =<br />
| metric-rwy = y<br />
| r1-number = 13/31<br />
| r1-length-m = 3898<br />
| r1-length-f = <br />
| r1-surface = Asphalt<br />
| footnotes = Sources: GCM<ref>{{GCM|HL83|Nanur Airport}}</ref><br />
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'''Nanur Airport''' is an airport in the Wadi Maymun Darraj region of [[Libya]], located approximately 200&nbsp;km south-southeast of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] in the Libyan desert. Although listed as a civil airport, it appears to function as a reserve [[Libyan Air Force (1951-2011)|Libyan Air Force]] airfield. It comprises a long runway with a parallel taxiway and a parking ramp. There are no permanent structures visible,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@31.70563,14.91283,4299m/data=!3m1!1e3|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps|language=en|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref> nor are there any production oilfields in the area.<br />
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==World War II==<br />
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 Warhawk]]s from the airfield between 19 January-3 March 1943 before moving forward with the [[British Eighth Army]].<br />
<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 />
* {{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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The current airfield appears to be overlaid on its World War II predecessor facility.<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=12/31.7080/14.9205 OpenStreetMap - Nanur]<br />
*[http://airportdatabase.net/libya/nanur-airport_4608.html Nanur] Airport Database<br />
*[http://ourairports.com/airports/HL83/pilot-info.html#general OurAirports - Nanur]<br />
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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Libya]]<br />
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