Sabha Airport

Sabha International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic/Military
OperatorCivil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau
ServesSabha, Libya
Elevation AMSL1,427 ft / 435 m
Coordinates27°00′00″N 14°27′40″E / 27.00000°N 14.46111°E / 27.00000; 14.46111
Map
SEB is located in Libya
SEB
SEB
Location within Libya
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
13/31 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] SkyVector[2]

Sebha International Airport (IATA: SEB, ICAO: HLLS) is an airport serving Sabha, capital of the Sabha District of Libya. The airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the city.

The airport shares its runway with Sabha Airbase, which has operations on the southwest side of the airport.

Plans

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The airport underwent expansion in the 1970s to upgrade it to an international airport.[3]

A LD600 million contract was signed (20 May 2008) with a joint venture comprising Lebanon's CCC and a new Libyan investment and development company for a new passenger terminal at Sabha Airport. It would have a capacity of 3 million passengers, and, like the new terminals at Tripoli International and Benina International, be designed by Aéroports de Paris Engineering.[4] This development was not completed due to the Libyan Civil War.[5]

In March 2017, it was announced that the airport had reopened to commercial traffic after closing in 2014 due to the continuing civil war.[6]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Afriqiyah Airways Benghazi[7]
Fly Oya Tripoli–Mitiga
Libyan Wings Tripoli–Mitiga
MedSky Airways Tripoli–Mitiga

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Airport information for Sebha Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Sebha Airport". SkyVector. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ Translations on Near East and North Africa. Joint Publications Research Service. 1977. p. 31.
  4. ^ (20 May 2008), Endres, Gunter, Libya to restructure air transport sector Archived 26 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, FlightGlobal. Retrieved 20 May 2008
  5. ^ "Libya avoids paying 80 million euros in Turkish compensation lawsuit". Libya Observer. 30 July 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Sebha, Libya reopens to commercial traffic after closure". ch-aviation. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Sabha, Libya resumes commercial flight operations".
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