Merowe Airport is an airport serving the town of
Merowe in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. After critical facilities were completed in 2006, the current airport replaced the smaller Merowe Town airport to the west.
The new Merowe airport has hosted
Sudanese Air Force
The Sudanese Air Force ( ar, القوّات الجوّيّة السودانيّة, Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya) is the air force operated by the Republic of the Sudan. As such it is part of the Sudanese Armed Forces.
History
The Sudanese A ...
jet fighters, but does not host any full time units stationed.
The airport was attacked during the
2023 Sudan clashes
An armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began on 15 April 2023, when clashes broke out in cities, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region. As of 27 May, at le ...
, where
RSF militias captured Egyptian soldiers who were serving joint military exercises with their Sudanese counterparts.
Airlines and destinations
See also
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Transport in Sudan
Transport in Sudan during the early 1990s included an extensive railroad system that served the more important populated areas except in the far south, a meager road network (very little of which consisted of all-weather roads), a natural inland w ...
References
External links
OurAirports - Sudan
Airports in Sudan
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