Ras Lanuf Airport | |
Icao: | HLNF |
Type: | Private |
City-Served: | Ras Lanuf, Libya |
Elevation-F: | 42 |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label: | HLNF |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the airport in Libya |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 12/30 |
R1-Length-M: | 1100 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 18/36 |
R2-Length-M: | 1925 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Sources: GCM Google Maps[1] |
Ras Lanuf Oil Airport is an airport in the Sirte District of Libya, located on the Mediterranean coast 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.[2]
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.