Riffa Airbase

Riffa Air Base is an air base of the Royal Bahraini Air Force located 3.2 kilometres south east of , , and home to the Helicopter Wing of the RBAF. It is home to the:…
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: air base in Riffa, Bahrain
  • Also known as: “Riffa Air Base”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rifa Fort and Alba power plant.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Riffa Fort also known as, Shaikh Salman bin Ahmed Fateh Fort or Qal'at ar-Riffa, is a fort in , . The fort is situated on a cliff overlooked the desert valley between East Riffa and West Riffa.

Power station
Photo: Alba4world, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a power station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Riffa and Sitrah.

Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the second-largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain in terms of area. The city is divided into three parts: East , West and North .

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sitra is a town on Sitra island split between the South Governorate and the Capital Governorate in .

Town
is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the . Founded in the 1930s by the Bahrain Petroleum Company, it is populated mostly by workers of various nationalities from around the world whose skills were needed in the setting up and running of the refinery at Sitrah.

Riffa Airbase

Latitude
26.1102° or 26° 6′ 37″ north
Longitude
50.5791° or 50° 34′ 45″ east
Open location code
7HRG4H6H+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1044667363
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q117598964
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Satellite Map

Discover Riffa Airbase from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nuwaidrat and Ma’ameer.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Riffa Village and East Riffa Police Station.

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