Sabha Airport

Sebha International Airport
Summary
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 / 27.00000; 14.46111Coordinates: 27°00′00″N 14°27′40″E / 27.00000°N 14.46111°E / 27.00000; 14.46111
Map
SEB
Location within Libya
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] SkyVector[2] Google Maps[3]

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 Sebha non-directional beacon (Ident: SEB) is located 2.2 nautical miles (4.1 km) north of the airport. The Sebha VOR-DME (Ident: SEB) is located on the field.[4][5]

The airport shares its runway with Sabha Airbase, which has operations on the southwest side of the airport.

Plans

The airport underwent expansion in the 1970s to make it into an international airport.[6]

A LD600 million contract was signed (May 20, 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.[7] This development was not completed due to the Libyan Civil War.[8]

In March 2017, it was announced that the airport had reopened to commercial traffic after closing in 2014 due to the continuing civil war.[9]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Afriqiyah AirwaysBenghazi, Sfax, Tripoli, Tunis
Buraq AirTripoli
Libyan AirlinesAlexandria-Borg el Arab, Benghazi, Cairo, Sfax, Tripoli, Tunis
Seasonal: Casablanca
Syphax AirlinesSfax

See also

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for Sebha Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ "Sebha Airport". SkyVector. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sabha Airport". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sebha VOR". Our Airports. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Sebha NDB". Our Airports. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Translations on Near East and North Africa. Joint Publications Research Service. 1977. p. 31.
  7. ↑ (May 20, 2008), Endres, Gunter, Libya to restructure air transport sector, FlightGlobal, Accessed May 20, 2008
  8. ↑ "Libya avoids paying 80 million euros in Turkish compensation lawsuit". Libya Observer. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sebha, Libya reopens to commercial traffic after closure". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2018-08-21.


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