# Matan al-Sarra Air Base, Libya

**Matan al-Sarra Air Base** is a medium airport in Al Kufrah District, Libya. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,357 m (11,013 ft). It is operated by African Corps.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hl56

## At a glance

- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: African Corps
- Serves: Al Kufrah District, Libya
- Elevation: 539 m / 1,769 ft
- Coordinates: 21.6877, 21.8309
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,357 m / 11,013 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Tripoli
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maaten_al-Sarra_Air_Base (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q291289
- Ident: HL56

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01L/19R | 3,357 m / 11,013 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 009° / 189° | yes |
| 01R/19L | 2,283 m / 7,491 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 009° / 189° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,357 m / 11,013 ft | #646 of 29,858 | #99 in Africa | #18 in LY |
| Elevation | 539 m / 1,769 ft | =10,130 of 43,403 | #1,774 in Africa | #8 in LY |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =3 in LY |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/hl56/data