Jabal Awliya

Jabal Awliya Airport
Jabal Awliya Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
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Airport type	Public / Military
Serves	Jabal Awliya
Elevation AMSL	2,182 ft / 665 m
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	Jabal Awliya Airport Location of the airport in Sudan
Helipads

Jabal Awliya (Arabic: جبل أولياء, Jabal al Awliyā', Jebel Aulia, Gebel Aulia) is a village in the north-central part of Sudan,^[1] about 40 km (25 mi) south of Khartoum. Nearby is the Jebel Aulia Dam, built in 1937 by the British for the Egyptian government. Jabal Awliya became a refuge camp during the Second Sudanese Civil War, housing more than 100,000 inhabitants.^[2] On February 26, 1996, a Sudanese C-130 transport plane crashed at Jabal Awliya, killing 53.^[3]

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The airport hosts Sudanese Air Force along with Sudanese Army and police.

The airport hosts three helicopter squadrons (Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-17, Mil Mi-24, Mil Mi-35) from the base.^[4] There is a short runway but only used as helipad with markings found midway.

[1]
Clarence Lewis Barnhart, ed. (1954). The New Century cyclopedia of names. Vol. 2. Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 1705.
[2]
"The March of the Green Flag". Spin. 11 (2): 78. May 1995. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
[3]
The Associated Press (May 5, 1996). "Sudanese plane crashes; 53 die". Times Daily. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
[4]
"Orbats".

15°14′43″N 32°29′49″E

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[nccn2_1954-1] [1]
Clarence Lewis Barnhart, ed. (1954). The New Century cyclopedia of names. Vol. 2. Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 1705.

[spin11_2_78-2] [2]
"The March of the Green Flag". Spin. 11 (2): 78. May 1995. Retrieved 2011-03-29.

[td19960505-3] [3]
The Associated Press (May 5, 1996). "Sudanese plane crashes; 53 die". Times Daily. Retrieved 2011-03-29.

[4] [4]
"Orbats".

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