Atar International Airport
Airport in Atar, Mauritania
Atar Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||
Owner | Government | ||||||||
Location | Atar , Mauritania | ||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 761 ft / 232 m | ||||||||
Coordinates | 20°30′24″N 013°02′35″W / 20.50667°N 13.04306°W / 20.50667; -13.04306 | ||||||||
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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 .
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"Airport information for GQPA"
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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
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