Ain Beida Airport (French: Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida[1]) (IATA: OGX, ICAO: DAUU), also known as Ouargla Airport,[3] is an airport serving Ouargla, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located 4.3 nautical miles (8 km) southeast of the city.[1] The airport is in the Sahara Desert, about 540 km southeast of Algiers.
Ain Beida Airport Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | EGSA Alger | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ouargla | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ouargla, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 152 m / 499 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°55′53″N 05°24′24″E / 31.93139°N 5.40667°E | ||||||||||||||
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  OGX Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||||||
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The Ouargla (OUR) VOR-DME and Ouargla (OU) Non-directional beacon navigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways.[5]
Airlines and destinations
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Algérie | Adrar, Algiers, Constantine, Djanet, El Golea, Illizi, In Amenas, Oran, Tamanrasset, Tunis |
World War II
editDuring World War II the airport was known as Sedrata Airfield, and was used by the United States Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942–1943. Known units assigned to the airfield were:
- 17th Bombardment Group, 10 May-23 Jun 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress
- 319th Bombardment Group, 1-26 Jun 1943, B-26 Marauder
References
edit- ^ a b c (in French) AIP and Chart for DAUU – OUARGLA / Ain Beida from Service d'Information Aéronautique - Algerie
- ^ (in French) Aéroport de Ouargla : Ain Beida from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA Alger)
- ^ a b "Airport information for DAUU". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Google Maps - Ouargla
- ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
External links
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