Boufarik Airport

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Boufarik Air Base
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Serves Boufarik, Algeria
Elevation  AMSL 102 m / 335 ft
Coordinates 36°32′45″N2°52′34″E / 36.54583°N 2.87611°E / 36.54583; 2.87611 (Boufarik Airport (Boufarik))
Map
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Boufarik Air Base
Location of airport in Algeria
Boufarik Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04/223,62211,883 Concrete
Source: DAFIF [1] Landings.com [2] Google Maps [3]

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.

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History

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 ]

Notes

  1. "Airport information for Boufarik". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006.
  2. "DAAK @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. Google Maps - Boufarik
  4. Jacques Barchilon (4 November 2018). "An (Almost) Unknown Moment in the Life Of General De Gaulle". Open Heart, Open Hands.