Airport in Ouargla, Algeria
Ain Beida Airport (French : Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida [ 1] ) (IATA : OGX , ICAO : DAUU ), also known as Ouargla Airport ,[ 3] is an airport serving Ouargla , a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria . It is located 4.3 nautical miles (8 km) southeast of the city.[ 1] The airport is in the Sahara Desert , about 540 km southeast of Algiers .
The Ouargla (OUR ) VOR-DME and Ouargla (OU ) Non-directional beacon navigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways.[ 5]
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World War II
During World War II the airport was known as Sedrata Airfield , and was used by the United States Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942–1943. Known units assigned to the airfield were:
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