Ankur-North Airport
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Ankur-North Airport مطار أنكور الشمالية | |||||||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Salamati Armed Forces | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Salamati Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ankur, Salamat | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Madina Saida Yaminah, Salamat | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 55 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||||||
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The Ankur-North Airport is an airbase located in Madina Saida Yaminah, 21.1 kilometers north of Ankur. It is one of the two airports of the city with Ankur-South Airport.
Incidents
On August 12 1980, SalamAir Flight 243 mistook the Ankur-North Airport, which switched to a military airport 2 weeks prior, for a civilian airport, causing the plane to be shot by air defense.