Chlef International Airport مطار الشلف - أبو بكر بلقايد (Arabic) Aéroport International de Chlef (French) | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Chlef, Algeria | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 153 m / 502 ft | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°12′55″N 1°20′00″E / 36.21528°N 1.33333°E | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.aeroport-chlef.com | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. Retrieved 2007-10-08.