Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase
Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase قاعدة جمال عبد الناصر الجوية Qāʿida Ǧamāl ʿAbd an-Nāṣir Ǧawwiyya | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | al-ʿAdam, Butnan District, Libya | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 519 ft / 158 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°51′41.00″N 023°54′24.4″E / 31.8613889°N 23.906778°E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase Location of Gamal Abdel Nasser Air Base, Libya | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase (Arabic: قاعدة جمال عبد الناصر الجوية, romanized: Qāʿida Ǧamāl ʿAbd an-Nāṣir Ǧawwiyya) is a Libyan Air Force (Arabic: القوات الجوية الليبية, romanized: al-Quwwāt al-Ǧawwiyya al-Lībiyya, Berber: Adwas Alibyan Ujnna) base, located about 16 km south of Tobruk.
Before World War II, it had been an Italian Air Force airfield. A number of the former Italian buildings were seen remaining in 2003, during a courtesy visit by former RAF personnel, at which time no military aircraft were evident.
Prior to 31 March 1970, the airfield was known as Royal Air Force Station El Adem (Arabic: العدم, romanized: al-ʿAdam after the nearby settlement al Adm), and used by the RAF primarily as a staging post. This was for RAF and civil aircraft transiting from bases in Europe to others further East.