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.
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: