Jabal Awliya Airport | |
Type: | Public / Military |
City-Served: | Jabal Awliya |
Elevation-F: | 2182 |
Pushpin Map: | Sudan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Sudan |
H1-Number: | 18/36H |
H1-Length-F: | 986 |
H1-Length-M: | 300 |
H1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Jabal Awliya (Jabal al Awliyā', Jebel Aulia, Gebel Aulia) is a village in the north-central part of Sudan, about south of Khartoum. Nearby is the Jebel Aulia Dam, built in 1937 by the British for the Egyptian government. Jabal Awliya became a refuge camp during the Second Sudanese Civil War, housing more than 100,000 inhabitants. On February 26, 1996, a Sudanese C-130 transport plane crashed at Jabal Awliya, killing 53.
The airport hosts Sudanese Air Force along with Sudanese Army and police.
The airport hosts three helicopter squadrons (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35) from the base.[1] There is a short runway but only used as helipad with markings found midway.