RAF Castel Benito

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RAF Castel Benito RAF Idris
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Owner/Operator	Desert Air Force (DAF)
Location	Near: Tripoli, Libya
Built	1938
Coordinates	32°40′10″N 013°09′24″E / 32.66944°N 13.15667°E / 32.66944; 13.15667
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RAF Castel Benito Location of RAF Castel Benito

RAF Castel Benito (called originally in Italian "Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport") was an airport of Tripoli created by the Italians in Italian Libya. Originally, it was a small military airport named Castel Benito, but it was enlarged in the late 1930s and was later used by the British RAF after 1943. It was called RAF Castel Benito by the Allies.

RAF Castel Benito (later RAF Idris) was a Royal Air Force station near Tripoli in Libya between 1943 and 1966.