Ain Beida Airport

Ain Beida Airport Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida
IATA: OGX – ICAO: DAUU OGX Location of airport in Algeria
Summary
Airport type		Public / Military
Operator		EGSA Alger
Serves		Ouargla, Algeria
Elevation AMSL		152 m / 499 ft
Coordinates		31°55′53″N 005°24′24″E / 31.93139°N 5.40667°E / 31.93139; 5.40667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
02/20	3,000	9,843	Asphalt
18/36	3,000	9,843	Asphalt
Sources: AIP[1], EGSA Alger[2], DAFIF[3]

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 540km southeast of Algiers.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Algérie	Algiers, Djanet, Illizi, In Amenas, In Salah, Oran, Timimoun

World War II

During 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

1. ^ ^{a b c} (French) AIP and Chart for DAUU – OUARGLA / Ain Beida from Service d'Information Aéronautique - Algerie
2. ^ (French) Aéroport de Ouargla : Ain Beida from Établissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA Alger)
3. ^ ^{a b} Airport information for DAUU at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.

External links

• Accident history for OGX at Aviation Safety Network
• Current weather for DAUU at NOAA/NWS