List of North African airfields during World War II


This is a partial list of British Landing Grounds in North Africa, used during World War II. There are over 250 known LGs. Not all of these were active airfields; some were depots, some were repair stations, and some were decoys. Some are still in use, and some were moved and upgraded by Americans to handle heavy bombers.
LG-176 through LG-186 were also numbered LG 1 through 10.

Landing grounds

100-186

Landing ground designations LG-187 to LG-200 were unused.

Other landing grounds

Evidently assigned by other commands:
LG-numberNameGerman nameCoordinateRAF SquadronsNotes
LG 416Deir ez-Zor Airport
LG 426Palmyra Airport
LG 500
LG 504Ain Zalah
LG 549Baghdad West
LG 589H-2 Air Base
LG 598Kufra West