Sabha Airport
Sabha International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sabha, Libya | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,427 ft / 435 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°00′00″N 14°27′40″E / 27.00000°N 14.46111°E | ||||||||||
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  SEB Location within Libya | |||||||||||
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Sebha International Airport (IATA: SEB, ICAO: HLLS) is an airport serving Sabha, capital of the Sabha District of Libya. The airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the city.
The airport shares its runway with Sabha Airbase, which has operations on the southwest side of the airport.
Plans[edit]
The airport underwent expansion in the 1970s to make it into an international airport.[3]
A LD600 million contract was signed (20 May 2008) with a joint venture comprising Lebanon's CCC and a new Libyan investment and development company for a new passenger terminal at Sabha Airport. It would have a capacity of 3 million passengers, and, like the new terminals at Tripoli International and Benina International, be designed by Aéroports de Paris Engineering.[4] This development was not completed due to the Libyan Civil War.[5]
In March 2017, it was announced that the airport had reopened to commercial traffic after closing in 2014 due to the continuing civil war.[6]
Airlines and destinations[edit]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Afriqiyah Airways | Benghazi[7] |
| Fly Oya | Tripoli–Mitiga |
| Libyan Wings | Tripoli–Mitiga |
| MedSky Airways | Tripoli–Mitiga |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Airport information for Sebha Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Sebha Airport". SkyVector. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Translations on Near East and North Africa. Joint Publications Research Service. 1977. p. 31.
- ^ (20 May 2008), Endres, Gunter, Libya to restructure air transport sector Archived 26 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, FlightGlobal. Retrieved 20 May 2008
- ^ "Libya avoids paying 80 million euros in Turkish compensation lawsuit". Libya Observer. 30 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Sebha, Libya reopens to commercial traffic after closure". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Sabha, Libya resumes commercial flight operations".
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