Nanur Airport

Nanur Airport
Nanur Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; LID: HL83;
Summary
Airport type	Civil
Operator	Government
Location	Libya
Elevation AMSL	185 ft / 56 m
Coordinates	31°42′20″N 14°54′40″E / 31.70556°N 14.91111°E
Map
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Runways
	Sources: GCM

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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.

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.

References

↑ Airport information for Nanur Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
↑ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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- 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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[1] Airport information for Nanur Airport at Great Circle Mapper.

[2] "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-21.

[3] Lua error: expandTemplate: template "Include-USGov" does not exist.
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.

[4] Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

[5] 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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Nanur Airport

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World War II

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