Boufarik Airport
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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04/22 | 3,622 | 11,883 | Concrete |
Boufarik Airport (ICAO: DAAK) is a military airport near Boufarik, Algeria. It is the home base for the Air Transport fleet of the Algerian Air Force.
The based aircraft are Beechcraft 1900, EADS CASA C-295, Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Ilyushin Il-76. It has the 2e Escadre de Transport Tactique et Logistique and the 7e Escadre de Transport Tactique et de Ravitaillement en vol homebased.[4]
History
On 3 May 1943, Charles de Gaulle landed at Boufarik airport, flying in from Gibraltar. He would remain based in Algeria until mid-1944 and the Liberation of France.[5]
On 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 operated by the Algerian Air Force crashed just after takeoff from this airport, killing about 257 passengers on board.[citation needed]
Notes
- ^ "Airport information for Boufarik". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. - ^ "DAAK @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ^ Google Maps - Boufarik
- ^ scramble.nl
- ^ Jacques Barchilon (4 November 2018). "An (Almost) Unknown Moment in the Life Of General De Gaulle". Open Heart, Open Hands.
External links
- "DAAK @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com.
- OurAirports - Boufarik
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