Dar Al Hamma International Airport
Dar Al Hamma International Airport مطار دار الحمة الدولي | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civilian | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Salamati Government | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Salamati Government | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Dar Al Hamma, Salamat | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Bir Moghda, Dar Al Hamma Province, Salamat | ||||||||||||||
| In use | July 12 1944 - March 2 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 180 ft / 55 m | ||||||||||||||
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The Dar Al Hamma International Airport was a civilian airport located in Bir Moghda, about 21.2 kilometers (11.3 naut. miles) south of Dar Al Hamma. It was originally built as a Riamese airbase, before becoming a civilian airport on September 5 1969, just two days after the independence of Salamat. It was also periodically used as a military airport during the Jalil Al Kharrabi regime. In 1986, after the traumatic aircraft incident which occurred at the airport (SalamAir Flight 488 incident), the airport lost popularity and the Dar Al Hamma-Shahid Airport was favorised. The event which closed the airport was the attack perpetrated on an aircraft on March 2 1993 (Air Thrismari Flight 133 incident), which led to the immediate closure of the airport, leaving Dar Al Hamma-Shahid as the sole civilian airport serving the Salamati capital. Other reasons which led to the closure were : lack of public transportation ; great distance from the city center.