Airport type Public Location Algeria 01/19 4,850 | Serves Skikda Elevation AMSL 23 ft / 7 m 4,850 1,478 | |
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Skikda Airport was an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east of Skikda; about 60 km north-northeast of Constantine.
The airport was closed sometime prior to 2004. The area is overbuilt and used as a storage for construction materials.
World War II
During World War II, the facility was known as "Philippeville Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 310th Bombardment Group flew B-25 Mitchells from the airfield between 10 November-10 December 1943
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