Paloich Airport, Heliport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public, Civilian | ||||||||||
Owner | Dar Petroleum Operating Company DPOC | ||||||||||
Operator | DPOC | ||||||||||
Serves | Palogue oil field, South Sudan | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,270 ft / 385.741 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 10°31′44″N 32°30′04″E / 10.529°N 32.501°ECoordinates: 10°31′44″N 32°30′04″E / 10.529°N 32.501°E | ||||||||||
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Location of airport in South Sudan | |||||||||||
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Paloich Airport, Heliport (also Palogue, PalougePaloug, Paluge) is the airport in Eastern Nile in South Sudan (previously in Upper Nile State) which provides cargo operations for the adjacent Palogue oil field.
An Antonov An-12B cargo plane en route to the airport crashed on takeoff due to overloading in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on 4 November 2015.