Atar_International_Airport Knowpia

Atar Airport
Atar Airport
	IATA: ATR; ICAO: GQPA;
Summary
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
Map
	ATR Location within Mauritania
Runways
	Source: DAFIF

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 edit

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]

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.{{cite web}}: 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