Port Sudan Military Airport is an airport located within Port Sudan.
Port Sudan Military Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Port Sudan, Sudan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°34′39″N037°12′57″E / 19.57750°N 37.21583°E | ||||||||||
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  HSDN Location of airport in Sudan (Northern state highlighted) | |||||||||||
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The airport was once a civilian airfield and replaced by Port Sudan New International Airport opened in 1992. The new airport has assumed the ICAO airport code HSSP replacing HSPN.
It currently hosts Sudanese Air Force Flight School (Aeronautics College) using a number of trainer aircraft not found in the active inventory of the SAF: [1]
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