Ra's Lanuf Airport

Ras Lanuf Oil Airport (ICAO: HLNF) is an airport in the Sirte District of Libya, located on the Mediterranean coast 227 kilometres (141 mi) south-southwest of Benghazi. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.

Ra's Lanuf Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
ServesRa's Lanuf, Libya
Elevation AMSL42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates30°30′00″N 18°31′35″E
Map
HLNF
Location of the airport in Libya
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
12/30 1,100 3,609 Asphalt
18/36 1,925 6,316 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

The Ras Lanuf V40 non-directional beacon (Ident: VR) is located on the field.[3]

World War II

During World War II the airfield, then known as Hamraiet Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 3–19 January 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army. [4]

Further reading
  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521 p. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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See also

References
  1. Airport information for HLNF at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Ras Lanuf
  3. "Ras Lanuf V40 NDB (VR) @ OurAirports". ourairports.com. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  4.  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.



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