Rene Mouawad Air Base
Rene Mouawad Air Base, is the military section of Rene Mouawad Airport, formerly and still sometimes known as Qoleiat air base, used to be a military-civil joint airport in North Lebanon, 6 kilometres from the Lebanese–Syrian border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airbase in Lebanon
- Also known as: “El Qlayaat Air Base”, “KYE”, “OLKA”, “Qoleiat Airfield”, “Rene Mouawad AB Airport”, “René Mouawad Air Base”, and “مطار القليعات”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hisah and Arida.
Hisah
Village
Hisah, also spelled Hokr el Haïssa, Haysa, Hayssa, El Haïssa or Hisa, is a northern Lebanese village in the Akkar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites and Sunni Muslims.
Arida
Village
Arida, also spelled Aarida, is a village in northern Lebanon, on the Syrian border, which is formed by the mouth of the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi. It is located in the Akkar District of the Akkar Governorate.
Halba
Town
Photo: Amjliban, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Halba is the capital of Akkar Governorate in northern Lebanon, close to the border with Syria. It is located at around. Its population is divided between Sunni Muslims, Greek Orthodox, Maronites, and followers of other religions. Halba is situated 8 km southeast of Rene Mouawad Air Base.
Rene Mouawad Air Base
- Categories: air base, joint-use aerodrome, airstrip, military installation, and transportation
- Location: North Lebanon, Lebanon, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.59079° or 34° 35′ 27″ northLongitude
36.01239° or 36° 0′ 45″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)IATA airport code
KYEICAO airport code
OLKAOpen location code
8G6RH2R6+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 197386683OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryGeoNames ID
7668392Wikidata ID
Q1421837
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rene Mouawad Air Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار الرئيس الشهيد رينيه معوض”
- Arabic: “مطار رينيه معوض”
- Cebuano: “Rene Mouawad Air Base”
- French: “base aérienne de René-Moawad”
- French: “Base aérienne René Mouawad”
- German: “René-Moawad-Flughafen”
- German: “René-Moawad-Luftwaffenbasis”
- Hebrew: “בסיס רנה מעווד”
- Indonesian: “KYE”
- Indonesian: “OLKA”
- Japanese: “ルネ・ムアウワド空軍基地”
- Japanese: “ルネ・モアワド空軍基地”
- Japanese: “ルネ・モアワド飛行場”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Rene Mouawad AB”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rene Mouawad flyplass”
- Persian: “KYE”
- Persian: “OLKA”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی رنه مواواد”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Rene Mouawad”
- Russian: “Авиабаза Рене-Муавад”
- Swedish: “Rene Mouawad Air Base”
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