Skikda Airport
Summary
Airport typeClosed
ServesSkikda, Algeria
Elevation AMSL27 ft / 8 m
Coordinates36°51′45.8″N 6°57′3.9″E / 36.862722°N 6.951083°E / 36.862722; 6.951083 (Skikda Airport (Skikda))
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SKI is located in Algeria
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Location of Skikda Airport in Algeria
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Source:World Aero Data [1][usurped]

Skikda Airport was an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east of Skikda; about 60 km north-northeast of Constantine.

The 1,478 metres (4,849 ft) asphalt runway was closed sometime prior to 2004. The area is overbuilt and used as a storage for construction materials.

World War II

During World War II, the facility was known as "Philippeville Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 310th Bombardment Group flew B-25 Mitchells from the airfield between 10 November-10 December 1943.

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