Rene Mouawad Air Base
René Mouawad Airport, also known as Qlayaat or Kleyate Airport, is a joint civil–military airport in Akkar District, northern Lebanon, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Lebanon–Syria border.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Lebanon
- Also known as: “El Qlayaat Air Base”, “Kleyate Airport”, “KYE”, “OLKA”, “Qlayaat Airport”, “Qoleiat Airfield”, “Qoleiat airport”, “René Moawad International Airport”, “Rene Mouawad AB Airport”, “Rene Mouawad Airport”, “René Mouawad Airport”, “قاعدة رينيه معوض الجوية”, 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: joint-use aerodrome, airbase, airport, 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=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rene Mouawad Air Base” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار رينيه معوض الدولي”
- Arabic: “مطار رينيه معوض”
- Cebuano: “Rene Mouawad Air Base”
- French: “Aéroport de El Qlaïaât”
- French: “aéroport de René-Moawad”
- French: “Aéroport international René Moawad”
- French: “base aérienne de René-Moawad”
- French: “Base aérienne René Mouawad”
- German: “Flughafen Koleyat”
- German: “René-Moawad-Flughafen”
- German: “René-Moawad-Luftwaffenbasis”
- Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי רנה מואד”
- 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”
- Norwegian: “Rene Mouawad flyplass”
- Persian: “KYE”
- Persian: “OLKA”
- Persian: “پایگاه هوایی رنه مواواد”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Rene Mouawad”
- Russian: “Авиабаза Рене-Муавад”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto René Moawad”
- Swedish: “Rene Mouawad Air Base”
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