Boufarik Airport

Boufarik Airport is a military airport near Boufarik, Algeria. It is the home base for the Air Transport fleet of the Algerian Air Force.

History

On, Charles de Gaulle landed at Boufarik airport, flying in from Gibraltar. He would remain based in Algeria until mid-1944 and the Liberation of France.
On 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 operated by the Algerian Air Force crashed just after takeoff from this airport, killing about 257 passengers on board.