Qayyarah Airfield West

Qayyarah Airfield West is an Iraqi Air Force base in the Qayyarah subdistrict of in northern . It was captured by U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
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  • Type: Airport
  • Description: air establishment in Mosul, Republic of Iraq
  • Also known as: Qayyarah West

Qayyarah Airfield West

Latitude
35.7669° or 35° 46′ 1″ north
Longitude
43.125° or 43° 7′ 30″ east
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
IATA airport code
RQW
ICAO airport code
ORQW
Open location code
8H75Q48F+QX
Geo­Names ID
8298700
Wiki­data ID
Q7267229
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Qayyarah Airfield West” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قاعدة القيارة الجوية
  • Cebuano: Qayyarah West
  • Central Kurdish: بنکەی ئاسمانیی قەیارە
  • German: Qāʿidat al-Qayyāra al-dschawwiyya
  • Japanese: ケイヤラ・ウエスト空港
  • Japanese: ケイヤラ・ウェスト空軍基地
  • Japanese: ケイヤラ西飛行場
  • Persian: پایگاه هوایی قیاره
  • Swedish: Qayyarah West

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