Misrata International Airport مطار مصراتة الدولي
IATA: MRA ICAO: HLMS
Summary
Airport type	Public/Military
Operator	Libyan Airports Authority
Location	Misrata, Libya
Opened	1998
Elevation AMSL	60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	32°19′32″N 15°3′35″E / 32.32556°N 15.05972°E / 32.32556; 15.05972
Website	www.misurataairport.ly [1]
Map
MRA Location within Libya
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 15/33 3,400 11,155 Asphalt
Source: GCM[1] SkyVector[2]

Misrata International Airport (IATA: MRA, ICAO: HLMS) is an international airport serving Misrata, a Mediterranean coastal city in the Misrata District of Libya. It also acts as an air base and training center for the Libyan Air Force.^[3]

History

The airport was created in 1939 as a small landing site in the Misrata province of Italian Libya.

On 15 December 2011 the airport celebrated its first regularly scheduled international commercial flights by a non-Libyan airline (Turkish Airlines).

On 14 July 2014, the airport was closed to flights due to clashes at Tripoli International Airport, which Misrata International Airport is dependent on for its operations. Flights resumed on the night of 15 July.^[4]

On 3 August 2020, a fire destroyed the airport's passenger terminal.^[5]

Military use

The Libyan Air Force operates the Soko G-2 aircraft extensively at Misrata in both a training and counterinsurgency capacity.

The first Libyan warplane to challenge the no-fly zone during the Libyan Civil War was a G-2 from Misrata. It was reported to have been promptly shot down by the French Air Force.^[6][7] A few hours later an armed forces spokesman specified that the plane was destroyed on the runway with an AASM air-to-ground missile just after it had landed.^[8]

Airlines and destinations