Relizane Airport | |
Icao: | DAAZ |
Type: | Public |
Location: | Algeria |
Elevation-F: | 282 |
Elevation-M: | 86 |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
R1-Number: | 07/25 |
R1-Length-F: | 4265 |
R1-Length-M: | 1300 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source:World Aero Data Google Maps[1] |
Relizane Airport is a civilian airport in Algeria, located west-northwest of Zemmora (Relizane); about west-southwest of Algiers. It is used by general aviation, with no scheduled commercial air service.
During World War II, it was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps, used by the 60th Troop Carrier Group, flying C-47 Skytrain aircraft from the field between 27 November 1942 and May 1943.