Skikda Airport

Skikda Airport
IATA: SKI – ICAO: DABP
Summary
Airport type		Public
Location		Algeria
Coordinates		36°51′43.66″N 006°57′03.14″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	4,413 (est)	1,337 (est)	concrete
Source:World Aero Data [1]

Skikda Airport

Location of Skikda Airport, Algeria

Skikda Airport is an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east-southeast of Skikda; about 600 km north-northeast of Algeria.

The airport is not used any longer. The area is now used as a storage for construction materials.

World War II

During World War II, the facility was known as "Philippeville Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 310th Bombardment Group flew B-25 Mitchells from the airfield between 10 November-10 December 1943

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
• USAFHRA search for Philippeville Airfield

External links

• Accident history for SKI at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for DABP at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for DABP at NOAA/NWS
• Airport information for DABP at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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