Cheikh Larbi Tébessa Airport (Arabic: مطار الشيخ العربي التبسي) (IATA: TEE, ICAO: DABS) is a public airport located 1.35 nautical miles (2.5 km; 1.6 mi) north of Tébessa,[2] the capital of the Tébessa province (wilaya) in Algeria.
During World War II, the facility was known as Tebessa Airfield.
It was a Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.
It was operationally used by the 31st Fighter Group, which flew Supermarine Spitfires from the airfield between 17 and 21 February 1943.
[6][7] The airport resides at an elevation of 811 metres (2,661 ft) above mean sea level.