Maaten al-Sarra Air Base[1]  | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Libyan National Army | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Libyan Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,722 ft / 525 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°41′20″N 021°49′50″E / 21.68889°N 21.83056°E | ||||||||||||||
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  Maaten al-Sarra Air Force Base Location in Libya | |||||||||||||||
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The Maaten al-Sarra Air Base is an airbase in southernmost Libya located near the Ma'tan as-Sarra oasis in the Kufra district. It is one of the 13 military airbases in Libya.[5]
During the final phase of the Chadian-Libyan conflict, Maaten al-Sarra was the main air base in Southern Libya,[6] having three modern runways and parking space for over 100 combat aircraft.[7]
- ^ "Matan as Sarra". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Maatan As Sara Airport". Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Matan al-Sarra Air Base". Our Airports. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ Airport information for Matan As Sarra at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Middle East Military Balance: Libya Archived March 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vanderwalle, Dirk J. (2006). A History of Modern Libya. Cambridge University Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-5218-5048-7.
- ^ Popper, Steven W. (1989). The Economic Cost of Soviet Military Manpower Requirements. RAND. p. 145. ISBN 0-8330-0934-6.