# Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya

**Tripoli International Airport** was an airport in Tripoli, Tripoli District, Libya. It opened in 1978. It closed in Jul 2014. It had 2 runways; the longest was 3,601 m (11,815 ft).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ly-0019

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Serves: Tripoli, Tripoli District, Libya
- Opened: 1978
- Closed: Jul 2014
- Elevation: 80 m / 263 ft
- Coordinates: 32.6635, 13.1590
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,601 m / 11,815 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2 · Africa/Tripoli
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli_International_Airport (33 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44588
- Weather station: HLLT · WMO 62010
- Ident: LY-0019

## Timeline

- 1 Jun 1970: Q20012897. 13 killed.
- 1978: Tripoli International Airport opens.
- 27 Jul 1989: Korean Air Flight 803. 79 killed.
- 22 Dec 1992: Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103. 157 killed.
- 12 May 2010: Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771. 103 killed.
- Jul 2014: Tripoli International Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,601 m / 11,815 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 18/36 | 2,637 m / 8,650 ft | 44 m / 145 ft | Asphalt | 177° / 357° | yes |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (6)

- 8U [Afriqiyah Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/afriqiyah-airways)
- N6 [Air One Nine Company](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-one-nine-company)
- UZ [Buraq Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/buraq-air)
- LN [Libyan Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/libyan-airlines)
- M4 [Nayzak Air Transport](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/nayzak-air-transport)
- PEO [Petro Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/petro-air)

Former hub of [Alajnihah Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alajnihah-airways).

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 127.000 |
| APP | APP | 124.000 |
| GND | GND | 120.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |
| CONTROL | Tripoli Radar | 120.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [HL53](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hl53.md) Abu Aisha Agricultural Aviation Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [MJI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hllm.md) Mitiga International Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [LY-0013](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ly-0013.md) Gharyan International Airport · 80 km / 50 mi
- [WAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hlzw.md) Zuwarah International Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [HL77](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hl77.md) Okba Ibn Nafa Air Base · 120 km / 75 mi
- [LY-0012](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ly-0012.md) Zliten Commercial Airport · 125 km / 78 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #6

## 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)
- [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/ly-0019/data