Al Jufra Air Base

Al Jufra Air Base
Al Jufra-Hun Air Base

IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: HL69

Summary

Airport type

Military

Operator

Libyan Air Force

Location

Jufra

Elevation AMSL

846 ft / 258 m

Coordinates

29°11′53″N 016°00′04″E / 29.19806°N 16.00111°E

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
14/32	4,185	13,729	Concrete

Al Jufra Air Base (FAA LID: HL69) is a Libyan Air Force base located near Jufra.

Combat aircraft types

Prior to the Libyan Civil War TU-22, MiG-25, G.222 and An-26 were based at Jufra, parked on open pavement, sand berm shielded pads and in aircraft shelters.^[1] Considering the positioning of many of the aircraft visible in the satellite imagery, and what is known of the maintenance record of the Libyan Air Force, the operational inventory of combat aircraft based at Jufra in 2011 can be assumed to be quite low. The G.222 is believed to have not flown for more than a decade.

No-Fly Zone enforcement

The airbase was bombed on 24 March 2011 by French aircraft in accordance with the UN-backed enforcement of the No-Fly Zone over Libya.^[2] Over a month and a half later, on 13 June, the area was again struck by NATO forces.^[3]

External links

Airport information for HL69 at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

References

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