Mitiga International Airport
Mitiga International Airport is an airport that serves Tripoli, Libya, located about 8 kilometres east of Tripoli's city centre. Since 2018 it has been the sole international airport serving Tripoli following the closure of Tripoli International Airport after it was severely damaged in the second Libyan civil war.
Mitiga International Airport
Ilyushin Il-76 targeted in the bombing of 1986.
Tripoli is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.183 million people in 2023. It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. It includes the port of Tripoli and the country's largest commercial and manufacturing center. It is also the site of the University of Tripoli.
Image: Tripoli at night sky
Image: Tripoli Central Business District from Oea Park
Image: Marcus Aurelius Arch Tripoli Libya
Image: Tripoli panoramio