Ain Beida Airport

Ain Beida Airport, also known as Ouargla Airport, is an airport serving Ouargla, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located 4.3NM southeast of the city. The airport is in the Sahara Desert, about 540 km southeast of Algiers.The Ourgla VOR-DME and Ourgla Non-directional beacon navigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways.World War IIDuring World War II the airport was known as Sedrata Airfield, and was used by the United States Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942-1943. Known units assigned to the airfield were: 17th Bombardment Group, 10 May-23 Jun 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress 319th Bombardment Group, 1-26 Jun 1943, B-26 Marauder