| Atar Airport | |
| Iata: | ATR |
| Icao: | GQPA |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Government |
| Location: | Atar, Mauritania |
| Elevation-F: | 761 |
| Pushpin Map: | Mauritania |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Mauritania |
| Pushpin Label: | ATR |
| Metric-Rwy: | y |
| R1-Number: | 04/22 |
| R1-Length-F: | 9,855 |
| R1-Length-M: | 3,004 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Footnotes: | Source: DAFIF[1] |
Atar Airport or Atar International Airport is an airport serving Atar, a town in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a stopover for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It connected to Dakar Airport in the South and Agadir Airport to the north.[2]