Ain Beida Airport Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | EGSA Alger | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ouargla | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Ouargla,Algeria | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 152 m / 499 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°55′53″N05°24′24″E / 31.93139°N 5.40667°E /31.93139; 5.40667 | ||||||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||||||
  OGX Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Ain Beida Airport (French:Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida[1]) (IATA:OGX,ICAO:DAUU), also known asOuargla Airport,[3] is anairport servingOuargla, a city in theOuargla Province of easternAlgeria. It is located 4.3nautical miles (8 km) southeast of the city.[1] The airport is in theSahara Desert, about 540 km southeast ofAlgiers.
The Ouargla (OUR)VOR-DME and Ouargla (OU)Non-directional beaconnavigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways.[5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Algérie | Adrar,Algiers,Constantine,Djanet,El Golea,Illizi,In Amenas,Oran,Tamanrasset,Tunis |
During World War II the airport was known asSedrata Airfield, and was used by the United StatesTwelfth Air Force in theWestern Desert Campaign in 1942–1943. Known units assigned to the airfield were:
  | This article about an airport in Algeria is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
