Palmyra Airport

Palmyra Airport, also formerly known as Tadmur Airport and Camp Mermoz, is a military airport serving Palmyra, a small city in .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: The airport resides at an elevation of 403 metres (1,322 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,880 by 45 metres (9,449 ft × 148 ft).
  • Also known as: “OSPR”, “Palmyra, Syria Airport”, and “PMS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tadmor Prison.

, referred to as the Desert Prison, was a prison in Palmyra, approximately 200 kilometres northeast of . was known for harsh conditions, extensive human rights abuse, torture and summary executions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palmyra.

Photo: Eusebius, CC BY 3.0.
was the only oasis in and perhaps the only truly tourist town. was known as Tadmor to the Syrians. Both meant the same thing - date palm.

Palmyra Airport

Latitude
34.55979° or 34° 33′ 35″ north
Longitude
38.31594° or 38° 18′ 57″ east
Elevation
402 metres (1,319 feet)
IATA airport code
PMS
ICAO airport code
OSPR
Open location code
8G6WH858+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 130808542
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6300132
Wiki­data ID
Q3496771
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Palmyra Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار تدمر”
  • Cebuano: “Palmyra (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Palmyra”
  • German: “Flughafen Palmyra”
  • Hindi: “पलमीरा हवाई अड्डा”
  • Indonesian: “OSPR”
  • Indonesian: “PMS”
  • Japanese: “パルミラ空港”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಮಿರಾ, ಸಿರಿಯಾ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾಲ್ಮಿರಾ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Palmyra, Syria”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه پالمیرا”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه تدمر”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Palmyra”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Palmyra”
  • Russian: “Пальмира”
  • Sanskrit: “पल्म्य्र , ष्य्रिअ ऐर्पोर्त”
  • Sanskrit: “पल्म्य्र ऐर्पोर्त”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи полмиро”
  • Turkish: “Palmira Havaalanı”
  • Urdu: “تدمر ہوائی اڈا”

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