Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport

Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: HL78;
Summary
Airport type	Civil
Operator	Government
Location	Libya
Elevation AMSL	2,000 ft / 610 m
Coordinates	30°42′00″N 12°29′05″E / 30.70000°N 12.48472°E
Map
	HL78
Runways
	Source: GCM Google Maps

Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport is an airport in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya, located approximately 266 kilometres (165 mi) south-southwest of Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.

World War II edit

During World War II the airfield, then known as Tmed El Chel Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.

USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:

81st Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 11 January-3 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell
82d Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 10 January-4 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell^[3]

References edit

^ Airport information for Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
^ "Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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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.
- Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War IIMaurer, 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.