Boufarik Air Base

Boufarik, Algeria

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Algerian military air base near the capital.

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Boufarik, Algeria

Boufarik Air Base (ICAO: DAAK) is a military airfield located in Boufarik, in the Blida Province of northern Algeria, approximately 30 kilometres southwest of Algiers. It serves as an operational base for the Algerian Air Force and is not open to commercial civilian traffic. The base has historically been used for transport and military aviation operations, and it sits in the fertile Mitidja Plain. Due to its strictly military nature, public information about its facilities and operations is limited.

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›Operates exclusively as an Algerian Air Force installation.
›Located in the Blida Province, approximately 30 km southwest of Algiers.
›Situated in the Mitidja Plain, a broad agricultural valley in northern Algeria.
›No commercial or civilian passenger services are operated from this base.
›A tragic military transport crash involving an Il-76 occurred near Boufarik in April 2018, killing over 250 people.

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