Belandah was constucted by Axis Air Forces in 1941. It consisted of two airfields, about 2.5 miles apart. After the Axis defeat in Egypt during the Western Desert Campaign, the facility was abandoned by the retreating enemy forces.



It was later used by the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign by the 57th Fighter Group, which flew P-40 Warhawks from the airfield between 3 December 1942 and 3 January 1943.



Located about 19 Miles (30 km) Southeast of Ajdabiya, Libya, there are no remains of either airfield today and the desert has totally reclaimed the site. Their locations can only be determined by German maps of the area.