Ghriss Airport | |
Iata: | MUW |
Icao: | DAOV |
Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Algeria |
Pushpin Label: | MUW |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Mascara, Algeria |
Location: | Ghriss, Algeria |
Elevation-F: | 1,686 |
Elevation-M: | 514 |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,577 |
R1-Length-M: | 1,700 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source:World Aero Data |
Ghriss Airport is a civilian airport in Ghriss, Mascara Province, Algeria, located 2.7nmi southwest of the town of Ghriss, Algeria.
During World War II, the facility was known as "Thiersville Airfield". It was a Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign used by the 60th Troop Carrier Group, which flew C-47 Skytrain transports from the airfield between May and June 1943.