Bir Moghrein Airport

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Bir Moghrein Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic / Military
Serves Bir Moghrein, Mauritania
Elevation  AMSL 1,194 ft / 364 m
Coordinates 25°14′12″N011°35′19″W / 25.23667°N 11.58861°W / 25.23667; -11.58861
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
01/191,7805,840Asphalt
Source: DAFIF [1]

Bir Moghrein Airport( ICAO : GQPT) is an airport serving Bir Moghrein, a city in the Tiris Zemmour region of Mauritania.

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References

  1. Airport information for GQPT from DAFIF (effective October 2006)