Gardabya airport

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Gardabya airport
US military picture with a destroyed hanger
Characteristics
ICAO code HLGD
IATA code SRX
Coordinates

31 ° 3 '48 "  N , 16 ° 35' 42"  E Coordinates: 31 ° 3 '48 "  N , 16 ° 35' 42"  E

Height above MSL 81 m (266  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 16 km south of Sirte , LibyaLibyaLibya 
Runways
13/31 3600 m × 45 m asphalt
18/36 3600 m × 45 m asphalt

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The Ghardabiya Air Base ( English : Gardabya Airport ) is the military and civilian use airport of Sirte in Libya .

location

The airport is 16 km south of the city of Sirte and two kilometers west of Qasr Abu Hadi . The airport area is on the road to Waddan .

Airfield features

The tower (TWR) sends and receives on the frequency 118.6  MHz . The airport has various navigation aids. The non-directional radio beacon (NDB) transmits on the frequency: 407  kHz with the identifier SRT . The location denial is 2 ° East. (Status: 2006)

services

For civil air traffic, Libyan Airlines offers national flights e.g. B. to Tripoli International .

The airport was home to the 1124th Squadron of the Libyan Air Force and has been controlled by the Islamic State since June 2015 . According to ASN , there are no known accidents near the airport.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Airport data on World Aero Data ( English, as of 2006 )
  2. A Case of Who You Want to Believe. (No longer available online.) In: The Tripoli Post. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015 ; Retrieved March 7, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tripolipost.com
  3. ^ Civil war in Libya: IS suppresses uprising in Sirte. In: spiegel.de. August 17, 2015, accessed March 19, 2016 .
  4. Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)