The airport resides at an elevation of 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,205 by 30 metres (7,234 ft × 98 ft). The runway length includes a 190 metres (620 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 33.
The Marsa Brega non-directional beacon (Ident: MB) is located on the coastline 2.4 nautical miles (4.4 km) north of the airport.[4]
Accidents and incidentsedit
On 13 January 2000, a Short 360 took off from Tripoli International Airport at 09:29 UTC with two flight crew, one cabin crew and 38 passengers to Marsa Brega, a city known for its oil refinery. The aircraft was leased from Avisto Air Service, a firm based in Zurich, Switzerland, which focused on aircraft maintenance and repair,[4] to Sirte Oil Company. The crew had noticed a fuel imbalance prior to the flight, making a log entry and cross-feeding fuel before the flight. The aircraft started its descent at 11:25 UTC. At 11:36 UTC the left engine flamed out then, The aircraft plunged into the sea 5 kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) off of Marsa Brega. The front part of the aircraft was totally destroyed. The tail of the aircraft detached from the fuselage on impact, in a 10° nose up position. As the aircraft began to sink, water started to fill into the cabin. One British survivor escaped after kicking out an aircraft window as the aircraft began to sink.
marsa, brega, airport, redirects, here, other, uses, disambiguation, iata, icao, hlmb, airport, serving, brega, mediterranean, coastal, port, wahat, district, libya, airport, kilometres, south, town, iata, lmqicao, hlmbsummaryairport, typepublicservesbrega, li. LMQ redirects here For other uses see LMQ disambiguation Marsa Brega Airport IATA LMQ ICAO HLMB is an airport serving Brega a Mediterranean coastal port in the Al Wahat District of Libya The airport is 3 kilometres 1 9 mi south of the town Marsa Brega AirportIATA LMQICAO HLMBSummaryAirport typePublicServesBrega LibyaElevation AMSL50 ft 15 mCoordinates30 22 41 N 19 34 35 E 30 37806 N 19 57639 E 30 37806 19 57639MapLMQLocation of airport in LibyaRunwaysDirection Length Surface m ft 15 33 2 205 7 234 AsphaltSource WAD 1 GCM 2 SkyVector 3 Contents 1 Facilities 2 Accidents and incidents 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksFacilities editThe airport resides at an elevation of 50 feet 15 m above mean sea level It has one runway designated 15 33 with an asphalt surface measuring 2 205 by 30 metres 7 234 ft 98 ft The runway length includes a 190 metres 620 ft displaced threshold on Runway 33 The Marsa Brega non directional beacon Ident MB is located on the coastline 2 4 nautical miles 4 4 km north of the airport 4 Accidents and incidents editOn 13 January 2000 a Short 360 took off from Tripoli International Airport at 09 29 UTC with two flight crew one cabin crew and 38 passengers to Marsa Brega a city known for its oil refinery The aircraft was leased from Avisto Air Service a firm based in Zurich Switzerland which focused on aircraft maintenance and repair 4 to Sirte Oil Company The crew had noticed a fuel imbalance prior to the flight making a log entry and cross feeding fuel before the flight The aircraft started its descent at 11 25 UTC At 11 36 UTC the left engine flamed out then The aircraft plunged into the sea 5 kilometres 3 1 mi 2 7 nmi off of Marsa Brega The front part of the aircraft was totally destroyed The tail of the aircraft detached from the fuselage on impact in a 10 nose up position As the aircraft began to sink water started to fill into the cabin One British survivor escaped after kicking out an aircraft window as the aircraft began to sink See also editTransport in Libya List of airports in LibyaReferences edit Airport information for HLMB usurped from DAFIF effective October 2006 Airport information for Marsa Brega Airport at Great Circle Mapper Marsa Brega Airport SkyVector Retrieved 13 September 2018 Marsa Brega NDB Our Airports Retrieved 13 September 2018 External links editOpenStreetMap Brega Google Maps Marsa Brega Airport OurAirports Marsa Brega Airport Accident history for Marsa el Brega Airport at Aviation Safety Network Portals nbsp Libya nbsp Aviation nbsp nbsp This article about an airport in Libya is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Libya location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marsa Brega Airport amp oldid 1189243263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
