Skikda Airport
Skikda Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Closed | ||||||||||
| Serves | Skikda, Algeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 27 ft / 8 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°51′45.8″N 6°57′3.9″E / 36.862722°N 6.951083°E | ||||||||||
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SKI Location of Skikda Airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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Source:World Aero Data [1] | |||||||||||
Skikda Airport was an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east of Skikda; about 60 km north-northeast of Constantine.
The 1,478 metres (4,849 ft) asphalt runway was closed sometime prior to 2004. The area is overbuilt and used as storage for construction materials.
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.
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from 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.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016.
- USAFHRA search for Philippeville Airfield
- Google Earth Historical Imagery
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