Ghardabiya Air Base (Gardabya Airport)
Ghardabiya Airbase is a dual-function airbase for the Libyan Air Force 15 km south of the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte. It also incorporates an airport for civilian use.
All runways have 305 m displaced thresholds.
The Sirte non-directional beacon (Ident: SRT) is located 7.8 nmi north of the airport, in the city. The Sirte VOR-DME (Ident: SRT) is located on the field.
It is the home base of 1124th Bomber Squadron and 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron which operate the Su-22 aircraft. The base also operates the Aero L-39 Albatros for counterinsurgency missions.
All runways have 305 m displaced thresholds.
The Sirte non-directional beacon (Ident: SRT) is located 7.8 nmi north of the airport, in the city. The Sirte VOR-DME (Ident: SRT) is located on the field.
It is the home base of 1124th Bomber Squadron and 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron which operate the Su-22 aircraft. The base also operates the Aero L-39 Albatros for counterinsurgency missions.
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Libya has been inhabited by Berbers since the late Bronze Age as descendants from Iberomaurusian and Capsian cultures. In classical antiquity, the Phoenicians established city-states and trading posts in western Libya, while several Greek cities were established in the East. Parts of Libya were variously ruled by Carthaginians, Persians, and Greeks before the entire region becoming a part of the Roman Empire. Libya was an early center of Christianity. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the area of Libya was mostly occupied by the Vandals until the 7th century when invasions brought Islam to the region. In the 16th century, the Spanish Empire and the Knights of St John occupied Tripoli until Ottoman rule began in 1551. Libya was involved in the Barbary Wars of the 18th and 19th centuries. Ottoman rule continued until the Italo-Turkish War, which resulted in the Italian occupation of Libya and the establishment of two colonies, Italian Tripolitania and Italian Cyrenaica (1911–1934), later unified in the Italian Libya colony from 1934 to 1943.
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LYD | Libyan dinar | لد | 3 |
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AR | Arabic language |
EN | English language |
IT | Italian language |