Nanur Airport

Nanur Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Civil
Operator		Government
Location		Libya
Elevation AMSL		185 ft / 56 m
Coordinates		31°42′18.54″N 014°54′41.83″E / 31.70515°N 14.9116194°E / 31.70515; 14.9116194Coordinates: 31°42′18.54″N 014°54′41.83″E / 31.70515°N 14.9116194°E / 31.70515; 14.9116194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
13/31	3,898	12,790	Composite

Nanur Airport

Location of Nanur, Libya

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 consists of a very large runway, capable of strategic bomber use, with a taxiway and a parking ramp. There are no permanent structures visible, 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. ^[1]

The current airfield appears to be overlaid on its World War II predecessor facility.

References

1. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
   • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
   • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5

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