Zalingei Airport

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Zalingei Airport
Summary
Serves Zalingei, Central Darfur, Sudan
LocationFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
Elevation  AMSL 2,953 ft / 900 m
Coordinates 12°56′40″N023°33′47″E / 12.94444°N 23.56306°E / 12.94444; 23.56306 Coordinates: 12°56′40″N023°33′47″E / 12.94444°N 23.56306°E / 12.94444; 23.56306
Map
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ZLX
Location of the airport in Sudan
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
04L/22R1,6005,249
Sources: GCM, [1] STV [2]

Zalingei Airport( IATA : ZLX, ICAO : HSZA) is an airport serving the city of Zalingei in Central Darfur, Sudan.

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References

  1. Airport information for ZLX at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Airport information for Zalingei Airport at Transport Search website.
  3. Hradecky, Simon (11 November 2010). "Accident: Tarco Airlines AN24 at Zalingei on Nov 11th 2010, gear damage on landing, broke up and burst into flames". The Aviation Herald . Retrieved 20 July 2019.