| Misrata International Airport مطار مصراته الدولي |
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| IATA: MRA – ICAO: HL76 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau | ||
| Serves | North West Libya | ||
| Location | Misrata, Libya | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 59 ft / 18 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 11,154 | 3,400 | Paved |
Misrata Airport is an airport in Misrata, Libya (IATA: MRA, ICAO: HL76). It also acts as an air base and training center for the Libyan Air Force.[1]
The Libyan Air Force operates the Soko G-2 aircraft extensively at Misrata in both a training and counterinsurgency capacity. The first Libyan warplane to challenge the no-fly zone during the 2011 Libyan civil war was a G-2 from Misrata. It was reported to have been promptly shot down by the French Air Force.[2][3] A few hours later an armed forces spokesman specified that the plane was destroyed on the runway with an AASM air-to-ground missile just after it had landed.[4]
on 15 December 2011 the airport celebrated its first International Scheduled flights by non-Libyan airline (Turkish Airlines).
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Afriqiyah Airways | Benghazi, Tunis |
| Buraq Air | Benghazi [suspended] |
| Libyan Airlines | Alexandria, Benghazi, Tunis [Suspended] |
| Turkish Airlines | Istanbul-Atatürk [5] |
| TunisAir Express | Tunis, Sfax [ Begins Early 2012 ] [6] |
| Medavia | Malta [Charter] |