Port Sudan Military Airport

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Port Sudan Military Airport is an airport located within Port Sudan.

Port Sudan Military Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
Serves Port Sudan, Sudan
Elevation  AMSL 21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates 19°34′39″N037°12′57″E / 19.57750°N 37.21583°E / 19.57750; 37.21583
Map
Red Sea in Sudan (+claims hatched) (Kafia Kingi disputed).svg
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HSDN
Location of airport in Sudan (Northern state highlighted)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
18/362,0006,562 Asphalt

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.

Port Sudan Air Base

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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