La Abraq International Airport
| La Abraq International Airport | |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | HLLQ |
| IATA code | LAQ |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 657 m (2156 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 19 km east of al-Baida , Libya
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| Runways | |
| 03/21 | 1894 m × 58 m asphalt |
| 10/28 | 3604 m × 45 m asphalt |
The La Abraq International Airport , also Bayda International Airport called ( in Arabic مطار الأبرق الدولي, DMG Maṭār al-Abraq ad-duwalī , English La Abraq International Airport ) is the airport of Al-Baida in Libya .
location
The airport is 19 km east of Al-Baida on the road to Darna .
Airfield features
The tower (TWR) sends and receives on the frequency 118.10 MHz . The airport has various navigation aids. The runway 10/28 has an instrument landing system (ILS). The non-directional radio beacon (NDB) transmits on the frequency 392 kHz with the identifier LAB . The location dismissal is 2 ° East (as of 2006).
Incidents
- On December 2, 1977, a Tupolev Tu-154A of Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (LZ-BTN) leased to Libyan Arab Airlines could not land at Benghazi airport ( Libya ), its destination airport, due to thick fog . The plane coming from Jeddah was on a Hajj flight. The crew was unable to find the alternate airport. Attempts were still made to reach Al-Baida airport, where the plane crashed due to fuel misfires and broke apart. Of the 159 passengers on board, 59 did not survive the accident. Due to a lack of fuel , there was an unsuccessful emergency landing in which the aircraft was destroyed. The pilots had not taken into account that the Egyptian airspace was closed to Libyan aircraft as a result of a war, so that only very low fuel reserves were available when approaching Benghazi (see also the flight accident of a Tupolev Tu-154 of Libyan Arab Airlines ) .
Web links
- Airport data in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
- Airport details in The Airport Guide
Individual evidence
- ↑ Airport data on World Aero Data ( English, as of 2006 )
- ^ Accident report Tu-154 LZ-BTN , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 28, 2018.