Mitiga International Airport — Tripoli, Libya

Mitiga International Airport (MJI) occupies the site of the former Wheelus Air Base, a US military installation in Tripoli, Libya, that operated for decades before its closure in the early 1970s. The airport rose to prominence as Tripoli's primary functioning air gateway after the city's original international airport sustained heavy damage during fighting in 2014, effectively shifting the bulk of civilian air traffic to Mitiga's runways. Operating under a mixed civilian-military arrangement, MJI has faced repeated disruptions over the years, including periodic closures tied to renewed clashes and airstrikes during Libya's prolonged political and military fragmentation. Despite that instability, the airport has continued to handle domestic connections within Libya and a limited set of international routes to neighboring North African and Middle Eastern countries. Its continued operation has made it a closely watched barometer of security conditions in Tripoli, given how directly disruptions there affect the wider country's connectivity to the outside world.