Kufra Airport is an airport in Kufra, Libya (IATA: AKF, ICAO: HLKF). History
Kufra Airport began as Buma Airfield, built in the 1930s as a minor facility. In early World War II, it provided an air link to Italian East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland). It was captured by Free French units under General Leclerc on 1 March 1941 along with Kufra Oasis.
On August 26, 2008, a hijacked Sudanese Boeing 737 landed at Kufra Airport after having departed at Nyala Airport, Darfur, with destination Khartoum. Earlier, Egyptian authorities had refused the plane to land in their national capital, Cairo.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines |
Destinations |
| Air Libya Tibesti |
Tripoli |
| Libyan Airlines |
Benghazi |
| Nayzak Air Transport |
Benghazi |
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| General Info
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| Country |
Libya
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| ICAO ID |
HLKF
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| Time |
UTC+2
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| Latitude |
24.178728
24° 10' 43.42" N
|
| Longitude |
23.313958
023° 18' 50.25" E
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| Elevation |
1367 feet
417 meters
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| Type |
Joint (Civil and Military)
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| Magnetic Variation |
002° E (01/06)
|
| Beacon |
Yes
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| Operating Agency |
MILITARY - CIVIL JOINT USE AIRPORT
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| Communications
|
TWR
Provides APP svc.
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121.9
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| Runways
|
| ID |
Dimensions |
Surface |
PCN |
ILS
|
| 02R/20L |
12007 x 148 feet
3660 x 45 meters |
ASPHALT |
- |
NO
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| 02L/20R |
12007 x 100 feet
3660 x 30 meters |
ASPHALT |
- |
NO
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| Navaids
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| Type |
ID |
Name |
Channel |
Freq |
Distance From Field |
Bearing From Navaid
|
| VOR-DME |
KFR |
KUFRA |
079X |
113.2 |
1.5 NM |
010.5
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| NDB |
KFR |
KUFRA |
- |
317 |
3.5 NM |
193.0
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| Supplies/Equipment
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| Fuel |
Jet fuel avaiable but type is unknown.
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