AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION BANI WALID AIRFIELD, LIBYA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2010
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• Publication Date: May 17, 1982
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2 PART GRAPHIC
BANI WALID IRFIELD_ LIBYA
1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A SIXTH MAJOR AIRFIELD IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN LIBYA.
2. (S/D) REMARKS: A NEW AIRFIELD, BANI WALID AIRFIELD
(GRAPHIC`1 OF 2), WITH A RUNWAY APPROXIMATLEY 3,000 METERS
LONG, IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTHWEST LIBYA. THE AIRFIELD
IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE A
HARD-SURFACED, NORTH-NORTHEAST/SOUTH-SOUTHWEST RUNWAY WHEN
COMPLETED. FOOTINGS FOR A POSSIBLE HANGAR ARE AT THE
EAST-SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. A ROCK CRUSHING PLANT IS
SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRFIELD.
(S/D) THE AIRFIELD IS AT THE SOUTHWEST EDGE OF BANI WALID AND
APPROXIMATLEY 75 NM SOUTHEAST OF TARABULUS. THIS IS THE SIXTH
KNOWN MAJOR AIRFIELD PRESENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LIBYA
(GRAPHIC 2 OF 2). AIRFIELDS, IN ADDITION TO BANI WALID, ARE
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT MAKTURA, MATAN AS SARRA, AL WIGH,
AL JUFRAH, AND GHADAMES EAST.
3.I (COORDINATES 31-44-40N 013-57-30E
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