Jabal Awliya

Jabal Awliya is a village in the north-central part of Sudan, about south of Khartoum. Nearby is the Jebel Aulia Dam, built in 1937 by the British for the Egyptian government. Jabal Awliya became a refuge camp during the Second [Sudanese Civil War], housing more than 100,000 inhabitants.

Jabal Awliya Airport

The airport hosts Sudanese Air Force along with Sudanese Army and police.
The airport hosts three helicopter squadrons from the base. There is a short runway but only used as helipad with markings found midway.
On 26 February 1996, a C-130 transport plane of the Sudanese military crashed at Jabal Awliya, killing all 91 people on board.