Nanur Airport
Airport in Libya
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Nanur Airport is an airport in the Wadi Maymun Darraj region of Libya, located approximately 200 km south-southeast of Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Although listed as a civil airport, it appears to function as a reserve Libyan Air Force airfield. It comprises a long runway with a parallel taxiway and a parking ramp. There are no permanent structures visible,[2] nor are there any production oilfields in the area.
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Location | Libya | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 185 ft / 56 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°42′20″N 14°54′40″E | ||||||||||
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  Nanur Location of the airport in Libya | |||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM[1] | |||||||||||
World War II
During World War II the airfield, then known as Darragh Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 19 January-3 March 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army. [3]
The current airfield appears to be overlaid on its World War II predecessor facility.
