Ras Lanuf Airport is an airport in the Surt District of Libya, located approximately 227 km south-southwest of Banghazi. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.
During World War II the airfield, then known as Hamraiet Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. The 57th flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 3-19 January 1943 before moving forward with the British Eighth Army.
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