Ain Beida Airport (French: Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida^[1]) (IATA: OGX, ICAO: DAUU), also known as Ouargla Airport,^[3] is an airport serving Ouargla, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located 4.3 nautical miles (8 km) southeast of the city.^[1] The airport is in the Sahara Desert, about 540 km southeast of Algiers.

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Ain Beida Airport Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida
IATA: OGX ICAO: DAUU
Summary
Airport type	Public / Military
Operator	EGSA Alger
Serves	Ouargla
Location	Ouargla, Algeria
Elevation AMSL	152 m / 499 ft
Coordinates	31°55′53″N 05°24′24″E
Map
OGX Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 3,000 9,843 Asphalt 18/36 3,000 9,843 Asphalt
Sources: AIP,[1] EGSA Alger,[2] DAFIF[3][4]

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The Ouargla (OUR) VOR-DME and Ouargla (OU) Non-directional beacon navigational aids are north of and aligned with the runways.^[5]

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:

• 17th Bombardment Group, 10 May-23 Jun 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress
• 319th Bombardment Group, 1-26 Jun 1943, B-26 Marauder