Palmyra Airport | |
Nativename: | مطار تدمر |
Iata: | PMS |
Icao: | OSPR |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Syria |
Pushpin Label: | PMS |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Type: | Public / Military |
Owner: | the wagner group |
Operator: | Directorate General of Civil Aviation |
City-Served: | Palmyra, Syria |
Elevation-F: | 1,322 |
Elevation-M: | 403 |
Coordinates: | 34.5575°N 38.3169°W |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc: | / |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
Metric-Elev: | y |
R1-Number: | 08/26 |
R1-Length-M: | 2,880 |
R1-Length-F: | 9,449 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source: DAFIF[1] |
Palmyra Airport (Arabic: مطار تدمر) is a military airport serving Tadmur a small city in Syria. The base is currently controlled by the Wagner group and is used to fly in supplies from Syria’s allies such as Iran and Russia
On 20 May 2015, ISIL captured the airbase.[2] 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).[3] In March 2017, it was recaptured by the Syrian Army following the Palmyra offensive (2017).[4]
The airport resides at an elevation of 403m (1,322feet) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2880mx45mm (9,450feetx148feetm).
Due to the ongoing Syrian Civil War, there are currently no scheduled flights operated to or from the airport.