| Waddan Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Waddan, Libya | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 910 ft / 277 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°08′20″N16°09′35″E / 29.13889°N 16.15972°E Coordinates: 29°08′20″N16°09′35″E / 29.13889°N 16.15972°E | ||||||||||
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  Waddan Location of the airport in Libya | |||||||||||
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Waddan Airport( ICAO : HL72) is an airport serving the town of Waddan in the Jufra District of Libya. The airport is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the town.
The ICAOairport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators, are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning.
Waddan is an oasis town of the Sahara Desert in the northeast Fezzan region of southwest Libya. It is in the Jufra District.
Jufra or Jofra is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is Hun. Jufra was originally one of the 25 baladiya in the administrative system of Libya established in 1988. In 2001, it became a Shabiya, and its territorial extension was reduced. In 2007, under the new 22-shabiya system, its original boundaries were reintroduced. Jufra borders Sirte in the north, Al Wahat in northeast, Kufra in east, Murzuq in south, Sabha in southwest, Wadi al Shatii in west and Jabal al Gharbi in northwest.
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The Hon non-directional beacon (Ident: HON) is located 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of the airport. [3]
A non-directional (radio) beacon (NDB) is a radio transmitter at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. As the name implies, the signal transmitted does not include inherent directional information, in contrast to other navigational aids such as low frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and TACAN. NDB signals follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range.
