BEN

Benina International Airport

ICAO HLLB32.0968°N 20.2695°E132 m / 433 ftLarge airport
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Benina International Airport
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Benina International Airport (IATA: BEN, ICAO: HLLB) is a large airport in Benina, Benghazi District, Libya. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,576 m (11,732 ft).

Timeline

1 event · 1977–1977
02 DEC 1977
Disaster1977 Benghazi Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash.59 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
صالة برنيق
15L/33R151° / 331° · LIT
LENGTH3,576 m11,732 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
15R/33L151° / 331° · LIT
LENGTH3,576 m11,731 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

18 destinations · 12 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miMRA · Misrata International Airport · 491 km / 305 miMJI · Mitiga International Airport · 661 km / 411 miMLA · Malta International Airport · 676 km / 420 miATH · Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport · 730 km / 454 miZIS · Alzintan Airport · 757 km / 470 miSEB · Sabha Airport · 798 km / 496 miHBE · Alexandria International Airport · 903 km / 561 miAKF · Kufra Airport · 930 km / 578 miTUN · Tunis Carthage International Airport · 1,061 km / 659 miCAI · Cairo International Airport · 1,082 km / 672 miIST · İstanbul Airport · 1,268 km / 788 miFCO · Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport · 1,292 km / 803 miAMM · Queen Alia International Airport · 1,483 km / 921 miDAM · Damascus International Airport · 1,525 km / 948 miJED · King Abdulaziz International Airport · 2,197 km / 1,365 miDWC · Al Maktoum International Airport · 3,486 km / 2,166 miDXB · Dubai International Airport · 3,492 km / 2,170 miMSQ · Minsk National Airport · 2,501 km / 1,554 miDXBMSQJEDDAMAMMFCOISTCAITUNAKFSEBZISATHMLAHBEMJIMRADWCBEN
Year-round17
MRAMisrata International AirportLibya · Berniq Airways, Afriqiyah Airways491 km305 miMJIMitiga International AirportLibya · MedSky Airways, Libyan Airlines, Berniq Airways +2661 km411 miMLAMalta International AirportMalta · MedSky Airways676 km420 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · MedSky Airways, Marathon Airlines730 km454 miZISAlzintan AirportLibya · Fly Oya, Berniq Airways757 km470 miSEBSabha AirportLibya · Afriqiyah Airways798 km496 miHBEAlexandria International AirportEgypt · Libyan Airlines, EgyptAir, Afriqiyah Airways903 km561 miAKFKufra AirportLibya · Libyan Airlines, Afriqiyah Airways930 km578 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Libyan Airlines, Berniq Airways, Afriqiyah Airways1,061 km659 miCAICairo International AirportEgypt · Libyan Airlines, EgyptAir, Afriqiyah Airways1,082 km672 miISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Libyan Airlines, Berniq Airways, Turkish Airlines1,268 km788 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · MedSky Airways1,292 km803 miAMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian1,483 km921 miDAMDamascus International AirportSyria · Syrian Air1,525 km948 miJEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Libyan Airlines2,197 km1,365 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Berniq Airways3,486 km2,166 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai3,492 km2,170 mi
Most destinationsAfriqiyah Airways 7Libyan Airlines 7Berniq Airways 6MedSky Airways 4EgyptAir 2Buraq Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from BEN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Benina International Airport” (revision of 20 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway3,576 m11,732 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#448of 29,823 · #59 Africa · #13 LYElevation132 m433 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,341of 43,341 · #2,622 Africa · #38 LYRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =24 Africa · =3 LY
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPBENGHAZI APP126.500
ARRARR127.000
DEPDEP127.000
GNDGND121.300
TWRTWR118.100