Boufarik Air Base | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Serves | Boufarik, Algeria | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 102 m / 335 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°32′45″N2°52′34″E / 36.54583°N 2.87611°E | ||||||||||
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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.
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. [4]
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 ]