Mostaganem Airport

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Mostaganem Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Location Algeria
Elevation  AMSL 295 ft / 90 m
Coordinates 35°54′31.99″N000°08′56.39″E / 35.9088861°N 0.1489972°E / 35.9088861; 0.1489972 Coordinates: 35°54′31.99″N000°08′56.39″E / 35.9088861°N 0.1489972°E / 35.9088861; 0.1489972
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Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
23/05 3,550 1,800 Asphalt
31/13 2,275 100 Asphalt

Mostaganem Airport is a civilian airport in Mostaganem Province, Algeria ( IATA : MQV), located about 280 km west-southwest of Algiers. The airport has no commercial air service, and is sparsely used by general aviation.

Mostaganem Province Province in Algeria

Mostaganem is a province (wilaya) of Algeria. The capital is Mostaganem. Other localities include Ain Nouissi, Ain Tadles, Tazgait and Stidia.

Algeria country in North Africa

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the world's largest Arab country, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). It has the highest human development index of all non-island African countries.

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World War II

During World War II, the facility was known as "Matemore Airfield". It was a major Twelfth Air Force Troop Carrier transport base of operations during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. It was used by the following combat units:

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