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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Ras Lanuf, Libya | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°30′00″N 18°31′35″E / 30.50000°N 18.52639°E | ||||||||||||||
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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.
The Ras Lanuf V40 non-directional beacon (Ident: VR) is located on the field. [3]
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]