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Tripoli International Airport

Tripoli Intl

HLLT · TIP

LY 13nm SSW of Tripoli, Qaser bin Ghashir, Tripoli

32.663544, 13.159011 · 263 feet
Location C/N Tracking

Airport Highway, Qasr Bin Ghashir, Jafara, Libya

Nearby Locations

Km
Tripoli harbour LYTIP 26.6 006°
Tripoli / Mitiga HLLM 28.0 023°
Zuwarah Airport HLZW 111.6 287°
Okba ibn Nafa HL77 120.1 260°
Misrata International Airport HLMS 182.3 101°
Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport HLHM 227.3 196°
Originally built by the Italians in 1934 as Tripoli-Castel Benito. During the war it was captured by the British and became RAF Castel Benito in mid Jan 1943. It was renamed RAF Idris in 1951 and this closed as an RAF Station in Sep 1969. It was taken over by the Libyans and developed into Tripoli International Airport.