Atar International Airport
Airport in Atar, Mauritania
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ATR
Location within Mauritania
Direction | Length | Surface | |
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m | ft | ||
04/22 | 3,004 | 9,855 | Asphalt |
Source: DAFIF[1][2]
Atar Airport or Atar International Airport (IATA: ATR, ICAO: GQPA) is an airport serving Atar, a town in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.
World War II
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a stopover for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It connected to Dakar Airport in the South and Agadir Airport to the north.[3]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ "Airport information for GQPA". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for ATR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ File:Atcroutes-1sep1945.jpg
External links
- Accident history for ATR at Aviation Safety Network
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