Borj El Amri Airport Explained

Borj El Amri Airport
Nativename-A:	مطار برج العامري
Iata:	N/A
Icao:	DTTI
Type:	Public
Operator:	Government of Tunisia
City-Served:	Borj El Amri
Elevation-F:	108
Elevation-M:	33
Coordinates:	36.7211°N 9.9431°W
Pushpin Map:	Tunisia
Pushpin Label:	DTTE
Pushpin Mapsize:	125
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Tunisia
R1-Number:	13/31
R1-Length-M:	1,050
R1-Length-F:	3,445
R1-Surface:	Asphalt
Metric-Rwy:	y
Footnotes:	Source: DAFIF^[1]

Borj El Amri Airport is a small airport near Borj El Amri, a city in the Manouba Governorate of Tunisia. The airport is located 23km (14miles) southwest of Tunis and has a functional asphalt runway. The airport is used as a training site for the Aviation School of Borj El Amri,^[2] belonging to the Tunisian Ministry of Defense.^[3]

World War II

During World War II, the airport was known as Massicault Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign. Known units assigned were:^[4]

• 2d Bombardment Group, 31 Jul-2 Dec 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress
• 320th Bombardment Group, 29 Jun-28 Jul 1943, B-26 Marauder
• 68th Reconnaissance Group, Oct-Nov 1943, F-4/F-5 Lightning

See also

• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations

External links

• Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA)

Notes and References

1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for DTTI. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=DTTI. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
2. Web site: Aviation School of Borj ElAmri. www.defense.tn. en-gb. 2018-08-28.
3. Web site: Home. www.defense.tn. en-gb. 2018-08-28.
4. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .