Chlef International Airport

Chlef International Airport

مطار الشلف - أبو بكر بلقايد (Arabic)

Aéroport International de Chlef (French)
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesChlef, Algeria
Elevation AMSL153 m / 502 ft
Coordinates36°12′55″N 1°20′00″E / 36.21528°N 1.33333°E / 36.21528; 1.33333 (Abou Bakr Belkaid Airport (Ech Chief))
Websitewww.aeroport-chlef.com
Map
CFK is located in Algeria
CFK
CFK
Location of airport in Algeria
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 2,800 9,186 Asphalt
07/25 1,650 5,413 Asphalt
Sources: Algerian AIP,[1] Airport,[2] DAFIF[3][4] Landings.com[5]

Chlef International Airport (IATA: CFK, ICAO: DAOI), also known as Aboubakr Belkaid Airport, is an airport 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the city of Chlef, in Algeria.

The DAOI-Chlef VOR/DME (Ident: CLF) is located on the field.[6]

During World War II, the facility was known as "Warnier Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.

  1. ^ AIP Archived 31 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine and Chart Archived 30 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine from Service d'Information Aéronautique – Algerie (in French)
  2. ^ Aéroport International de Chlef Archived 14 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine (official site) (in French)
  3. ^ "Airport information for DAOI". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  4. ^ Airport information for CFK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006). Retrieved 2007-10-08.
  5. ^ "DAOI @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  6. ^ "SkyVector: Flight Planning / Aeronautical Charts". skyvector.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.