# Kufra Airport (AKF / HLKF)

**Kufra Airport** (IATA: AKF, ICAO: HLKF) is a medium airport in Kufra, Al Kufrah District, Libya. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,660 m (12,007 ft).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AKF / HLKF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kufra, Al Kufrah District, Libya
- Elevation: 417 m / 1,367 ft
- Coordinates: 24.1787, 23.3140
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,660 m / 12,007 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Tripoli
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufra_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30542
- Weather station: HLKF · WMO 62271
- Ident: HLKF

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02R/20L | 3,660 m / 12,007 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 015° / 195° | yes |
| 02L/20R | 3,660 m / 12,007 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 015° / 195° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [BEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hllb.md) Benina International Airport · Libya · 930 km / 578 mi · Libyan Airlines, Afriqiyah Airways
- [MJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hllm.md) Mitiga International Airport · Libya · 1,376 km / 855 mi · Libyan Airlines, Afriqiyah Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AKF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 8U [Afriqiyah Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/afriqiyah-airways) · 2
- LN [Libyan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/libyan-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,660 m / 12,007 ft | =311 of 29,858 | #35 in Africa | #4 in LY |
| Elevation | 417 m / 1,367 ft | =13,162 of 43,403 | #2,036 in Africa | #16 in LY |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =24 in Africa | =3 in LY |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 121.900 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kufra Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kufra_Airport&oldid=1372857306), revision of 2 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/hlkf/data