Biskra Airport

Mohamed Khider Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator EGSA Constantine
Serves Biskra
Location Oumache, Algeria
Elevation AMSL 88 m / 289 ft
Coordinates 34°48′06″N 05°44′30″E / 34.80167°N 5.74167°E / 34.80167; 5.74167Coordinates: 34°48′06″N 05°44′30″E / 34.80167°N 5.74167°E / 34.80167; 5.74167
Map
BSK
Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 2,900 9,514 Asphalt
Statistics (2013)
Passengers 93,644
Aircraft movements 1,434
Source: Algerian AIP[1] Landings.com,[2] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report

Mohamed Khider Airport[3] or Biskra Ouakda Airport (IATA: BSK, ICAO: DAUB) is an airport in Algeria, located approximately 12 km north-northeast of Oumache; about 200 km south-southwest of Constantine.

History

During World War II, the airport was known as "Biskra Airfield". It was a major United States Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. Known combat units assigned to the airfield were: HQ, 5th Bombardment Wing (January–March 1943); 1st Fighter Group (14 December 1942 – February 1943) P-38 Lightning; 97th Bombardment Group (25 December 1942 – 8 February 1943) B-17 Flying Fortress; 301st Bombardment Group (16 December 1942 – 17 January 1943) B-17 Flying Fortress.[4][5]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Air Algérie Algiers, Lyon, Paris–Orly[6], Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Tassili Airlines Algiers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Algerian AIP and Chart
  2. ↑ "DAUB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Airline and Airport Code Search". IATA. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ↑  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
  5. ↑ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  6. ↑ Air Algerie, official website
  • "DAUB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com.
  • Current weather for DAUB at NOAA/NWS
  • Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA Alger)


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