Skikda Airport
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| Skikda Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: SKI – ICAO: DABP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Location | Algeria | ||
| Coordinates | 36°51′43.66″N 006°57′03.14″E / 36.8621278°N 6.9508722°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 4,413 (est) | 1,337 (est) | concrete | |
| Source:World Aero Data [1] | |||
Skikda Airport
Location of Skikda Airport, Algeria
Skikda Airport is an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east-southeast of Skikda; about 600 km north-northeast of Algeria.
The airport is not used anymore. The area is now used as a storage for construction materials.
[edit] World War II
During World War II, the facility was known as "Philippeville Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 310th Bombardment Group flew B-25 Mitchells from the airfield between 10 November-10 December 1943
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
- USAFHRA search for Philippeville Airfield
[edit] External links
- Accident history for SKI at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport information for DABP at Great Circle Mapper.
- Current weather for DABP at NOAA/NWS
- Airport information for DABP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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