Ain Beida Airport

Ain Beida Airport, also known as Ouargla Airport, is an airport serving Ouargla, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located southeast of the city. The airport is in the Sahara Desert, about 540 km southeast of Algiers.
The Ouargla VOR-DME and Ouargla Non-directional beacon navigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways.

World War II

During World War II the airport was known as Sedrata Airfield, and was used by the United States Twelfth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign in 1942–1943. Known units assigned to the airfield were: