Mitiga International Airport (IATA: MJI, ICAO: HLLM) is an airport in Libya, located about seven statute miles (11 km) east of Tripoli.
The civilian airport was established in 1995. Domestic flights to Benghazi and Misrata are flown, as well as international service to Istanbul, Turkey, and Aleppo, Syria. The airport houses the head office of Buraq Air.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the elimination of military aid by the new Russian republic, Okba Ben Nafi AB drastically curtailed its military mission.
2011 Libyan uprising
During the 2011 Libyan uprising, the Times of Malta and The Guardian claimed that the airport had been taken over by protestors opposed to Gaddafi.
On March 13, 2011, Ali Atiyya, a colonel of the Libyan Air Force at the Mitiga military airport, near Tripoli defected and joined the revolution.
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