International & Internal Flights & Schedules

International Flights:

Air Malta, British Airways and Lufthansa all fly direct to Tripoli. You can also fly to Djerba in Tunisia and then continue your journey over land. If you have arranged to arrive via the Tunisian or Egyptian border, then our guide will meet you at the border to complete all the paper work for you and escort you safely into the country, using our own private transport. You can also take the boat from Malta or Italy to Tripoli or Tunis, and experience a lifetime trip across the Mediterranean.

Tripoli International Airport:

Tripoli International Airport (TIP)   is located in the district of Ben Ghashir, about 34km south of the capital's city centre. The airport is run by the Libyan Civil Aviation and Meteorology Bureau, and handles about 1.5 million passengers a year. Visitors are allowed to bring 200 cigarettes or 250g of cigars or 250g of tobacco, and 250ml of perfume. The following products are in the prohibited items list and therefore are not allowed into the country: Israeli products, alcohol, drugs, pork products, preserved meat and obscene literature.

Tripoli International Airport

There are two main sections of the airport: international flights operate from the International Passenger Terminal, while internal flights depart from the National Terminal. However, if you are intending to do a bit of internal flying, then be prepared for a different kind of experience: learn a bit of Arabic or let your guide do the translation as most signs in the airports are in Arabic; flight information boards seem to like being blank.

List of International Operators:

• Afriqiyah Airlines (Geneva, Brussels, Paris to Tripoli)
• Air Malta (Malta to Tripoli)
• Alitalia (Rome to Tripoli and Benghazi)
• Austrian Airline (Vienna to Tripoli)
• British Airways (London to Tripoli)
• Egypt Air (Cairo to Benghazi)
• KlM (Amsterdam to Tripoli)
• Lufthansa (Frankfurt to Tripoli)
• Swiss Air (Zurich to Tripoli and Benghazi)
• Syrian Airline (Damascus to Benghazi)
• Tunis Air (Tunis to Benghazi)
• Turkish Airline (Istanbul to Tripoli)

List of Main Libyan Private & Commercial Operators:

• Libyan Arab Airways (or Airlines)
• Afriqiyah Airways
• Buraq Air Transport
• Nayzak Air Transport
• Air Libya
• Alajnihah Airways
• Petro Air

For information about each one of these operators and a list of the type of aircrafts they use, please see this page:
www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Country/Libyan-Arab-Jamahiriya.

Libyan Arab Airways:

Head Office
Address: Libyan Airways
P.O.Box 2555, Ibn Fernas Building
Tripoli World Airport
Telephone: +218-22-630030/630049
Fax : +218-21-3614815
http://www.libyanairlines.aero/en-US/landing.aspx

Tripoli:
Omer Al-Mukhtar Street
Tel: +218 21 3616738
      +218 21 3616739
      +218 21 3616740
      +218 21 3616741

Frankfort, Germany:
Tel: +49 069 \ 6904239, 69073866

Madrid, Spain:
Tel: +34 91 2960400

Rome, Italy:
Tel: +39 06 \ 65956014, 65957259

Athens, Greece:
Tel: +30 21 06532861

Afriqiyah Airways:

Ali Khalifa Zaidi Street
Tripoli
Libya
Tel: +218 21 4449734
Fax: +218 21 4449128
Website: http://www.afriqiyah.aero

Buraq Air:

Buraq Air is the first private airline in Libya, with its headquarters located at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli, also spelt as Mittiga, Metiga or Mettiga. The company was founded in 2000. Tickets can be booked through any of the following offices, or can be bought directly at   the listed airports.

Main Office:

Mitiga International Airport :
Tripoli, Libya
P.O. Box 93149
Tel: +218 21 3500821 / 3510016
Fax: +218 21 3500949 / 3510017
SITA Code: MJIOCXH
Website: http://www.buraqair.com/

Benghazi Office:

Benghazi, Libya
El Fatih Street
Tel: +218 61 2234469
Fax: +218 61 2239160

Domestic flight information and ticket reservation:

Mitiga Airport: +218 21 3504521
Benin Airport: +218 61 9081983
Sabha Airport: +218 71 635362

El Megarief: +218 21 4443828
Benghazi: +218 61 9081982
Sabha: +218 71 635991
Tobruk: +218 87 623395
Beida: +218 84 636957

Nayzak Air Transport:

Nayzak Air Transport:   passengers & cargo air transport company, established in 2005 in accordance with Libyan (Law 05). Operator certificate (AOC ) No. 14/05; revalidated 8th of September 2008.

Main Office:

Aljalal Road
Mitiga Airport
P.O. Box: 90132
Tripoli
Libya
Tel: +218213510192
Fax:+218213510193
Email:info(at)nayzak.ly
Website: http://www.nayzak.ly

Commercial Department, Tripoli:
Mezruan Street
Tel: +218213345249   /  +218213345248

Commercial Department, Benghazi:
+218619096357   /  +218619096356

Nayzak Domestic (And Tunis) Schedule ***

Air Libya:

AIR LIBYA is the first private aviation Company in Libya:

The Company was founded in 1996 under the name of "Tibesti Aviation', and in 2000 it was re-named "Tibesti Air Libya". Within a couple of years of service the company increased its fleets with two more Cessna - C402C and C421C planes, and four more of YAK-40 aircrafts in 2000. The company operates from its base in Benghazi, Benina International Airport. The company operates charter flights (private flights) in support of oil field operations and other scheduled charters.

Petro Air

Petro Air is a Libyan owned & operated aviation service provider, aiming to provide the best possible aviation services for oil exploration & development companies in Libya. The company was formed by the merger of four NOC-based aviation departments (Sirte, Waha, Zuetina and Veba), but originally it was founded in 1960’s.

Internal Flights In Libya

Internal Routes:

Flying Time:

All internal flights between the three major airports of Tripoli, Benghazi and Sabha take between one hour and one hour and fifteen minutes; on average we say 1 hour.

Price of Internal Flight Tickets in Libya:

Prices differ from company to company. For example a single ticket from Tripoli to Sabha can cost either 60.5 LYD, 65 LYD or 70 LYD.

• 60, 65 or 70 Libyan Dinars (depending on company) single trip between Tripoli and either Benghazi or Sabha.
• 120, 130 or 140 Libyan Dinars return trip between Tripoli and either Benghazi or Sabha.
• 44 Libyan Dinars one way from Tripoli to Ghadames, and 88 LYD return.

Departure & arrival times of the main flights between the major local airports:

The published times for domestic flights between Tripoli and Benghazi, and Tripoli and Sabha, change from time to time, and therefore the times you see now may change at any times. The major airliners publish their timetables once a month (on average) and therefore it is most often difficult to be certain of your departure time (or even day) more than one month in advance. Please always check the latest flight times with the airliner in question.

Tripoli-Benghazi:

• 9:15 am
• 2 pm
• 7 pm
• 9 pm

Benghazi-Tripoli:

• 7 am
• 1:30 pm
• 4 pm
• 7 pm
• 8 pm
• 9 pm
• 11:15 pm
• 12 midnight
  

Tripoli-Sabha:

• 07:00 (LA, Mon., Thur.)
• 08:05 (LA, Tue.)
• 13:00 (LA, Wed.)
• 15:00 (LA, Fri.)
• 14:00
• 19:00 (LA, Sat.)

• 3 pm
• 6 pm
• 7 pm
• 9 pm
• 10:45 pm

Published flight times: (times change all the time): ***

*   BA = (Buraq Airline)
** LA (Libyan Airways)
*** (The times may have changed by now. Please check the latest times with the airliner):

Libyan Airports

The Main Airports In Libya:

There are three main airports in Libya that function on a daily basis: Tripoli, Benghazi and Sabha. The other three airports, namely Ghadames, Ghat and Alkufra, do not operate on a daily basis, but only one, two or three flights per a week and without a fixed timetable. Always check the latest timetable.

• Tripoli International Airport
• Benghazi Airport
• Sabha Airport
• Ghadames Airport
• Ghat Airport
• Alkufra Airport
• Sirte Gulf Airport
• Mitiga Airport
• Tobruk Civil Airport
• Misratha Airport
• Zuwarah Civil Airport

ICAO ( = International Civil Aviation Organization airport code)
IATA  ( = International Air Transport Association airport code)

Tripoli International Airport: مطار طرابلس العالمي
Codes:
ICAO: HLLT
IATA: TIP

Tripoli International Airport is the largest and the main airport of Libya. It is located in Ben Ghashir, around 34 km south of the city centre. The current capacity of the airport is around 3 million passengers a year, which after completing the planned expansion of the airport, will increase to 20 million.

View Google Map of Tripoli Airport

Alabreq Airport
Albayda, Cyrenaica
Other names: El-Beida Airport, La-Braq Airport, Airport El Beida La-Abraq.
Codes:
ICAO: HLLQ
IATA: LAQ

Benina International Airport (Benghazi, Cyrenaica مطار بنينة الدولي)
Codes:
ICAO: HLLB
IATA: BEN
This is the second largest airport in Libya. It is located in the town of Benina, around 19 km east of Benghazi city, from which it takes its name.

Sebha Airport
Codes:
IATA: SEB
ICAO: HLLS

Ghadames Airport

Codes:
ICAO: HLTD
IATA: LTD

Jamal (Gamal) Abdel Nasser Airport:
Tobruk Airport
Codes:
ICAO: HLGN
IATA: TOB

Mitiga International Airport (Tripoli)
Codes
ICAO: HLLM
IATA: MJI

Mitiga International Airport is located about 11 km) east of Tripoli. The civilian airport was established in 1995. Mainly for domestic flights to Benghazi and Musrata and to some international destinations such as Turkey and Syria.  The airport was originally known as the Wheelus Air Base during the previous government, and after 1969 it became Okba Ben Nafi Air Base: a Libyan People's Air Force (LPAF) installation.

Hon Airport
Codes:
ICAO: HLON
IATA:

Ghat Airport
Codes
ICAO: HLGT
IATA: GHT

Marsa Brega
Codes
ICAO: HLMB
IATA:

Kufra Airport
Codes
IATA: AKF
ICAO: HLKF

Kufra Airport was established in 1930s as Buma Airfield, where it was later used during WWII by the Italians as a transit point between Italy and East Africa. On the 26th of August 2008 the airport took the spotlight as a Sudanese hijacked 737 landed at the airport after it was refused landing at Cairo airport.