Ghriss Airport

Ghriss Airport
IATA: MUW ICAO: DAOV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Mascara, Algeria
Location	Ghriss, Algeria
Elevation AMSL	1,686 ft / 514 m
Coordinates	35°12′28″N 000°08′50″E / 35.20778°N 0.14722°E / 35.20778; 0.14722
Map
MUW Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 5,577 1,700 Asphalt
Source:World Aero Data [1][usurped]

Ghriss Airport (IATA: MUW, ICAO: DAOV) is a civilian airport in Ghriss, Mascara Province, Algeria, located 5.0 km southwest of the town of Ghriss, Algeria.

During World War II, the facility was known as "Thiersville Airfield". It was a Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign used by the 60th Troop Carrier Group, which flew C-47 Skytrain transports from the airfield between May and June 1943.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

• Google Maps - Ghriss
• Accident history for MUV at Aviation Safety Network
• Airport information for DAOV at Great Circle Mapper.
• Current weather for DAOV at NOAA/NWS
• Algerian AIP and Chart

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