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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: air establishment in Mosul, Republic of Iraq
  • Also known as: “Qayyarah Airbase” and “Qayyarah West”

Qayyarah Airfield West

Latitude
35.76441° or 35° 45′ 52″ north
Longitude
43.12302° or 43° 7′ 23″ east
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
IATA airport code
RQW
ICAO airport code
ORQW
Open location code
8H75Q47F+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 130632355
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
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: “Qayyarah Airbase”
  • 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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