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Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport
Touat-Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airport is a public airport located 6 nm (11 km) southeast of Adrar, the capital of the Adrar province (''wilaya'') in Algeria. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term ... surface measuring . Airlines and destinations Statistics References External links Google Maps - AdrarEtablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA Alger)* * Airport record for Touat Cheikh Sidi Mohamed Belkebir Airportat Landings.com. Airports in Algeria Buildings and structures in Adrar Province {{Algeria-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EGSA Alger
EGSA Alger or EGSA/Alger ( ar, مؤسسة تسيير مصالح مطارات الجزائر, french: Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger, which translates into English as: Airport Management Services Establishment of Algeria) is a government agency which operates 18 airports in Algeria. EGSA Alger was created by presidential decree No. 173–87 on 11 August 1987. Under the supervision of the Algerian Ministry of Transportation, its mission is to manage, develop and operate Algerian airports open to public air traffic. It operates the following airports: # Algiers – Houari Boumediene Airport # Bejaia – Soummam Abane Ramdane Airport # Hassi-Messaoud – Oued Irara Airport # Ghardaïa – Noumerate Moufdi Zakaria Airport # Tamanrasset – Aguenar - Hadj Bey Akhamokh Airport # Ouargla – Ain Beida Airport # In-Amenas – Zarzaitine Airport # In Guezzam – In Guezzam Airport # In Salah – Tafsaout Airport # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asphalt
Asphalt, also known as bitumen (, ), is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term asphaltum was also used. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org) The word is derived from the Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος ''ásphaltos''. The largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world, estimated to contain 10 million tons, is the Pitch Lake located in La Brea in southwest Trinidad (Antilles island located on the northeastern coast of Venezuela), within the Siparia Regional Corporation. The primary use (70%) of asphalt is in Road surface, road construction, where it is used as the glue or binder mixed with construction aggregate, aggregate particles to create asphalt concrete. Its other main uses are for bituminous waterproofing products, including production of roofing felt and for sealing flat roofs. In material sciences an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tassili Airlines
Tassili Airlines ( ar, طيران الطاسيلي) is an Algerian passenger airline, based in Algiers, owned by Sonatrach, the national state-owned oil company of Algeria. Founded in 1998, Tassili now provides scheduled services out of Houari Boumedienne Airport, as well as its charter flights and helicopter services, that were originally mainly for the Algerian oil industry. History Tassili Airlines was originally established in 1998 as a joint venture between Air Algérie (49%) and the Sonatrach company (51%), both of which are government-owned. Commercial services were launched on 8 April 1999, with a flight from Hassi Messaoud to Algiers. In April 2005, Air Algérie withdrew its funds in the airline, which thus became wholly owned by Sonatrach. Tassili Airlines became a member of AFRAA in 2014, since when it has continued its expansion of regional and international routes. Corporate affairs Ownership The airline is state-owned, being 100% owned by Sonatrach, the natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ain Beida Airport
Ain Beida Airport (french: Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida) , also known as Ouargla Airport, is an airport serving Ouargla, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located southeast of the city. The airport is in the Sahara Desert, about 540 km southeast of Algiers. The Ourgla (OUR) VOR-DME and Ourgla (OU) Non-directional beacon navigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways. Airlines and destinations World War II During World War II the airport was known as Sedrata Airfield, and was used by the United States Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942–1943. Known units assigned to the airfield were: * 17th Bombardment Group, 10 May-23 Jun 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress * 319th Bombardment Group, 1-26 Jun 1943, B-26 Marauder The Martin B-26 Marauder is an American twin-engined medium bomber that saw extensive service during World War II. The B-26 was built at two locations: Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oran Es Sénia Airport
Ahmed Ben Bella Airport ( ar, مطار أحمد بن بلة), formally Es-Sénia Airport is an airport located 4.7 nm (8.7 km) south of Oran (near Es Sénia), in Algeria. History During World War II, La Sénia Airport was first used by the French Air Force as a military airfield, first by the Armée de l'Air, and after June 1940, by the Armistice Air Force (french: link=no, Armée de l'Air de Vichy) of the Vichy government. During the Operation Torch landings in 1942, La Sénia was one of the primary objectives of the assault on Oran on 9 November. A paratroop task force was to be directly seize La Sénia, with an armored task force to thrust inland to insure the capture of the field. Just after daylight, eight Albacore dive bombers from H.M.S. ''Furious'' and six Hurricane fighter escorts from each of the two auxiliary carriers swung back over La Sénia airfield in broad daylight to be greeted by strong antiaircraft fire and Vichy fighters. The airfield was attacked in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Salah Airport
In Salah Airport is an airport in In Salah, Algeria . Airlines and destinations The only airline operating regular flights is Air Algérie Air Algérie SpA ( ar, الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, ; ber, Aeriverdan idzayriyen) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airpor .... It connects the airport with two domestic destinations, as follows: References External links Google Maps - In SalahGreat Circle Mapper - In Salah* * Airports in Algeria Buildings and structures in Tamanrasset Province Buildings and structures in In Salah Province {{Algeria-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport is an airport in Algeria, located approximately south of Constantine; about east-southeast of Algiers. History The airport was built in 1943 as Constantine Airfield by the United States Army during the World War II North African Campaign. It was primarily a maintenance and supply depot for Air Technical Service Command and also served as headquarters for XII Bomber Command as a command and control base. It also was used as a command post for Allied Forces Command (AFHQ) for Free French, British and United States ground forces in Algeria in February 1943, under the command of General Sir Harold R. L. G. Alexander to coordinate the actions of the United States First Army advancing from the west and the British Eighth Army, advancing from the east against the German Afrika Korps. In 1944 it was turned over to the Algerian government and used occasionally by Air Transport Command aircraft on the North African route until the end of the war. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordj Mokhtar Airport
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport is an airport northwest of Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Algeria. The airport is northeast of the Mali border. Airlines and destinations The only airline currently operating regular flights to/from the airport is Air Algérie. See also * *Transport in Algeria *List of airports in Algeria This is a list of airports in Algeria, grouped by type and sorted by location. Algeria, officially known as the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean Sea, and ... References External links SkyVector - Bordj Mokhtar Airport* * * Airports in Algeria Buildings and structures in Adrar Province {{Algeria-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houari Boumediene Airport
Houari Boumediene International Airport ( ar, مطار هواري بومدين الدولي, Maṭār Hawwārī Būmadyan al-Duwaliyy) , also known as Algiers Airport or Algiers International Airport, is the main international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located east southeast of the city. The airport is named after Houari Boumediene (1932–1978), a former president of Algeria. Dar El Beïda, the area at which the airport is located, was known as ''Maison Blanche'' (White House), and the airport is called Maison Blanche Airport in much of the literature about the Algerian War of Independence. The ''Société de Gestion des Services et Infrastructures Aéroportuaires'' (SGSIA), more commonly known as "Airport of Algiers", is a Public Company established on 1 November 2006 to manage and operate the airport. The SGSIA has 2,100 employees. History The airport was created in 1924 and named Maison Blanche Airport. During World War II, Maison Blanche Airpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Algérie
Air Algérie SpA ( ar, الخطوط الجوية الجزائرية, ; ber, Aeriverdan idzayriyen) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airport, Air Algérie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as domestic services to 32 airports. , Air Algérie was 100% owned by the government of Algeria. Air Algérie is in the process of aligning its codeshare agreements, frequent flyer programs, and airport lounge agreements with each of the SkyTeam carriers in order to meet SkyTeam's membership application requirements. The company reported that they applied to join Star Alliance or SkyTeam and also began working in partnership with Lufthansa. History Formation and early years In 1946, ''Compagnie Générale de Transports Aériens (CGTA)'' was established. It started flights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, grass, soil, dirt, gravel, ice, sand or road salt, salt). Runways, as well as taxiways and Airport apron, ramps, are sometimes referred to as "tarmac", though very few runways are built using Tarmacadam, tarmac. Takeoff and landing areas defined on the surface of water for seaplanes are generally referred to as waterways. Runway lengths are now International Civil Aviation Organization#Use of the International System of Units, commonly given in meters worldwide, except in North America where feet are commonly used. History In 1916, in a World War I war effort context, the first concrete-paved runway was built in Clermont-Ferrand in France, allowing local company Michelin to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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