Biskra Airport

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Mohamed Khider Airport^[4] or Biskra Ouakda Airport (IATA: BSK, ICAO: DAUB) is an airport in Algeria, located approximately 12 km north-northeast of Oumache; about 200 km south-southwest of Constantine.

Mohamed Khider Airport مطار بسكرة - محمد خيضر (Arabic)
IATA: BSK ICAO: DAUB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	EGSA Constantine
Serves	Biskra
Location	Oumache, Algeria
Elevation AMSL	88 m / 289 ft
Coordinates	34°48′06″N 05°44′30″E
Map
BSK Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13/31 2,900 9,514 Asphalt
Statistics (2020[1])
Passenger volume 29,154
Source: Algerian AIP[2] Landings.com,[3] ACI's 2013 World Airport Traffic Report

History

During World War II, the airport was known as "Biskra Airfield". It was a major United States Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African campaign against the German Afrika Korps. Known combat units assigned to the airfield were: 97th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress^[5] (14 December 1942 – 8 February 1943); 301st Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress (16 December 1942 – 17 January 1943); 1st Fighter Group P-38 Lightning (24 December 1942 – 8 February 1943); HQ, 5th Bombardment Wing (January–March 1943).^[6][7]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Algérie	Algiers, Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly[8]
Tassili Airlines	Algiers
Transavia	Paris-Orly[9][10]

See also

• List of airports in Algeria
• Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations