Mostaganem Airport Explained

Mostaganem Airport
Iata:MQV
Lid:DA14
Type:Public
Location:Algeria
Elevation-F:732
Pushpin Map:Algeria
Pushpin Label:MQV
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Algeria
R1-Number:23/05
R1-Length-F:3550
R1-Length-M:1800
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:31/13
R2-Length-F:2275
R2-Length-M:100
R2-Surface:Asphalt

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

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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