Faya-Largeau

[5] Libya recaptured Faya-Largeau in 1983, but retreated in 1987 during the so-called Toyota War.

[5] Due to the considerable underground water supply in the town, the main economic activities are agriculture and natron mining.

[6] The town is serviced by Faya-Largeau Airport (IATA: FYT, ICAO: FTTY)[7] with a paved runway, used almost exclusively by military airplanes.

The coolest months are December and January with an average maximum temperature of 26.4 °C (79.5 °F).

Annual precipitation averages only 11.7 millimetres (0.46 in) and generally only occurs from June to September, although some years have no rainfall at all.

LARAF MiG-23MS with empty missile rails rolling along the runway at Faya Largeau AB, some time in the mid-1980s. Also note the radome of an Il-76MD in the foreground left. Faya Largeau was the main Libyan base in northern Chad until the building of Ouadi Doum.