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.
Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521 p. ISBN0-89201-092-4.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
lanuf, airport, lanuf, airport, icao, hlnf, airport, sirte, district, libya, located, mediterranean, coast, kilometres, south, southwest, benghazi, primary, transportation, oilfield, workers, from, production, facilities, area, iata, noneicao, hlnfsummaryairpo. 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 Ras Lanuf AirportIATA noneICAO HLNFSummaryAirport typePrivateServesRas Lanuf LibyaElevation AMSL42 ft 13 mCoordinates30 30 00 N 18 31 35 E 30 50000 N 18 52639 E 30 50000 18 52639MapHLNFLocation of the airport in LibyaRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft12 30 1 100 3 609 Asphalt18 36 1 925 6 316 AsphaltSources GCM 1 Google Maps 2 The Ras Lanuf V40 non directional beacon Ident VR is located on the field 3 Contents 1 World War II 2 Further reading 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksWorld War II editDuring 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 editMaurer 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 See also editTransport in Libya List of airports in LibyaReferences edit Airport information for HLNF at Great Circle Mapper Google Maps Ras Lanuf Ras Lanuf V40 NDB VR OurAirports ourairports com Retrieved 2018 08 21 nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research AgencyExternal links editOpenStreetMap Ras Lanuf Oil Airport OurAirports Ras Lanuf SkyVector Ras Lanuf FallingRain Ras Lanuf Oil Airport Accident history for Ras Lanuf Airport at Aviation Safety NetworkPortals 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 Ras Lanuf Airport amp oldid 1052884656, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
