Geneina Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Geneina, Sudan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,651 ft / 808 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°29′00″N022°28′00″E / 13.48333°N 22.46667°E | ||||||||||||||
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  EGN Location of the airport in Sudan | |||||||||||||||
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| Sources: GCM, [1] STV [2] | |||||||||||||||
Geneina Airport( IATA : EGN, ICAO : HSGN) is an airport serving Geneina, in the Darfur region of Sudan.
During World War II in 1942, Royal Air Force station El Geneina was established as a technical stop on the West African Reinforcement route through Darfur. The airfield was operated by the Air Transport Command as a staging base for fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft. In 1942, the runway was extended to accommodate larger aircraft, and a control tower was installed by 1943. By the RAF's request, road infrastructure on provincial roads at El Geneina, El Fasher, Nyala, and Nahud were upgraded to suit all-weather conditions before the 1942 rainy season from June to September. Aviation fuel also had to be trucked in from the east. [3]
At the end of World War II, RAF Geneina was left abandoned by the RAF in good conditions. By 1952, there was only one weekly service to El Geneina from Khartoum. [3] Currently, Geneina Airport hosts a detachment of the 3 Helicopter Squadron of the Sudanese Air Force, operating the Mil Mi-8. [4]
The following lists the units that were based at RAF El Geneina at one point:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Badr Airlines | Khartoum (suspended) [5] |
| Sudan Airways | Khartoum (suspended) |
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