Atar International Airport
Atar Airport | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government | ||||||||||
Location | Atar, Mauritania | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 758 ft / 231 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°30′24″N 013°02′35″W / 20.50667°N 13.04306°W | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
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
- ^ Template:WAD
- ^ Airport information for ATR at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ File:Atcroutes-1sep1945.jpg
External links