Tall Afar
Tal Afar Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base near Tal Afar in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq. It was constructed in 1983 for use by the Iraqi Air Force and operated until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Airbase
- …lies at an elevation of around 300 metres (990 feet)
- …has the ICAO airport code ORTF
- Description: air force base
- Also known as“Maţār Tall‘afar”“Tal Afar Air Base”“Tall ‘Afar Air Base”“Tall Afar Army Air Field”
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Latitude
36.28323° or 36° 16′ 60″ north
Longitude
42.40325° or 42° 24′ 12″ east
Open location code
8H847CM3+78
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Tall Afar” goes by many names.
مطار تلعفرArabic
مطار تلعفر العسكريArabic
مطار فاروق العسكريArabic
Maţār Fārūq al ‘AskarīCebuano
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