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Airport type
  
Public / Military

Elevation AMSL
  
403 m / 1,322 ft

2,880
  
9,449

Address
  
Palmyra, Syria

Elevation
  
403 m

Serves
  
Palmyra, Syria

08/26
  
2,880

9,449
  
Asphalt

Code
  
PMS

Palmyra Airport

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Palmyra Airport (Arabic: مطار تدمر‎‎) (IATA: PMS, ICAO: OSPR) is an airport serving Tadmur (ancient Palmyra), a city in Syria.

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Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 403 metres (1,322 ft) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,880 by 45 metres (9,449 ft × 148 ft).

Airlines and destinations

Due to the ongoing Syrian Civil War, there are currently no scheduled flights operated to or from the airport. On 20 May 2015, ISIL captured the airbase.

As of 27 March 2016, it was recaptured by the Syrian Army following the 2016 Palmyra offensive only to be recaptured by ISIL 8 months later following the Palmyra offensive (December 2016). In March 2017, it was recaptured by the Syrian Army following the Palmyra offensive (2017)

References

Palmyra Airport Wikipedia