Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport Explained

Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
Icao:	HL78
Type:	Civil
Operator:	Government
Location:	Libya
Elevation-F:	2000
Pushpin Map:	Libya
Pushpin Label:	HL78
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	17/35
R1-Length-M:	2360
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
Footnotes:	Source: GCM Google Maps^[1]

Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport is an airport in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya, located approximately south-southwest of Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.

World War II

During World War II the airfield, then known as Tmed El Chel Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.

USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:

• 81st Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 11 January-3 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell
• 82d Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 10 January-4 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell^[2]

See also

• Transport in Libya
• List of airports in Libya

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
• OurAirports - Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport

Notes and References

1. Web site: Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport . Google Maps . 11 September 2018.
2. • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
   • Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War IIBook: Maurer, Maurer. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II. 1969. reprint. 1982. Office of Air Force History. Washington, DC. 0-405-12194-6. 72556. 70605402.