Al-Malikiyah Municipal Airfield | |
Nativename: | مطار مدينة المالكية |
Iata: | none |
Icao: | none |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Syria |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Jazira Canton |
Operator: | Syrian Democratic Forces |
City-Served: | Al-Malikiyah, Rojava, Syria |
Location: | Kezimyê village |
Coordinates: | 37.1856°N 42.2322°W |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Length-M: | 810 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Al-Malikiyah Municipal Airfield (Arabic: مطار مدينة المالكية, Kurdish: Balafirgeha Dêrik şaredariyê de) is a basic aerodrome serving Al-Malikiyah (also known as Dêrik or Dayrik), a small city in far northeastern Syria. The airfield is about 8.5km (05.3miles) east of the city.
The airport resides at an elevation of 397m (1,302feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway with an asphalt surface measuring 810mx25mm (2,660feetx82feetm). As it is predominantly used by agricultural aviation as well as for limited General aviation, it only has very basic facilities.
The Aerodrome is controlled by the People's Protection Units on behalf of the Jazira Canton, after they and the Women's Protection Units captured the Al-Malikiyah District at the beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
In January 2016 it was reported that the US Military were planning to create an airforce base at Rmelan or in this location in order to increase the capacity of their military training operations to upskill the Syrian Democratic Forces.[1] The airfield in Rmelan, Abu Hajar Airport is at a more advance state as its length has been extended to 1.3km (00.8miles).[2]