Boufarik Airport
Boufarik Airport (ICAO: DAAK) is a military airport near Boufarik, Algeria. It is the home base for the Air Transport fleet of the Algerian Air Force.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Boufarik, Algeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 102 m / 335 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°32′45″N 2°52′34″E | ||||||||||
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  Boufarik Air Base Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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The based aircraft are Beechcraft 1900, EADS CASA C-295, Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Ilyushin Il-76. It has the 2e Escadre de Transport Tactique et Logistique and the 7e Escadre de Transport Tactique et de Ravitaillement en vol homebased.[4]
On 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 operated by the Algerian Air Force crashed just after takeoff from this airport, killing about 257 passengers on board.
References
- Airport information for Boufarik at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- "DAAK @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- Google Maps - Boufarik
- scramble.nl
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