Tobruk International Airport مطار طبرق الدولي Maṭār Ṭubruq ad-Dawlī | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Tobruk,Libya | ||||||||||
| Location | Al Adm | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°51′36″N23°54′22″E / 31.86000°N 23.90611°E /31.86000; 23.90611 | ||||||||||
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  TOB Location within Libya | |||||||||||
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| Sources: SkyVector[1] GCM[2] | |||||||||||
Tobruk International Airport (IATA:TOB,ICAO:HLTQ) is an airport serving theMediterranean port city ofTobruk, capital of theButnan District ofLibya. The airport is 23 kilometres (14 mi) south of Tobruk, at the town ofAl Adm.
The airport was previously namedGamal Abdel Nasser Airport, after the president of the formerUnited Arab Republic.
The airport was officially opened as Tobruk International Airport on 29 April 2013. The oldest airport in Libya, it had previously offered only internal flights. The first international passenger flight was to Alexandria, Egypt, operated byLibyan Airlines. The airport operates domestic flights toBenghazi andTripoli.[3]
A new passenger terminal is currently[when?] under construction. The airport will have a duty-free zone. Plans are currently underway to establish cargo service to Tobruk's International Airport.
At the beginning of World War II, Libya was an Italian colony and Tobruk became the site of important battles between the Allies and Axis powers. Tobruk was strategically important to the conquest of Eastern Libya, then called the province ofCyrenaica. The airfield was significant due to the importance of air power in desert warfare.
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| Libyan Airlines | Alexandria,Benghazi,Tripoli–Mitiga,Tunis |
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