Palmyra Airport
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Palmyra Airport
| nativename = مطار تدمر
|nativename-a =
|image =
| 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 = Syrian Armed Forces
| operator = Wagner Group
| city-served = Palmyra, Syria
| location =
| elevation-f = 1,322
| elevation-m = 403
| coordinates = {{coord|34|33|27|N|038|19|01|E|region:SY_type:airport}}
| timezone = EET
| website =
| 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{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110806071440/http://www.worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=OSPR Airport information for OSPR]}} from DAFIF (effective October 2006){{GCM|PMS|source=DAFIF}}
}}
Palmyra Airport ({{langx|ar|مطار تدمر}}) {{airport codes|PMS|OSPR}} is a military airport serving Tadmur, a small city in Syria.
History
On 20 May 2015, ISIL captured the airbase.{{cite web|url=http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battlefield-update-from-palmyra-isis-captures-the-ancient-and-modern-sectors/#prettyPhoto|title=Battlefield Update from Palmyra: ISIS Captures the Ancient and Modern Sectors|author=Leith Fadel|work=Al-Masdar News|accessdate=22 May 2015|archive-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125044431/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/battlefield-update-from-palmyra-isis-captures-the-ancient-and-modern-sectors/#prettyPhoto|url-status=dead}} As of 27 March 2016, it was recaptured by the Syrian Army following the 2016 Palmyra offensive only to be recaptured by ISIL eight months later, following the Palmyra offensive (December 2016).{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=45459|title=Regime forces takes control on Tadmur prison and military airport|work=Syrian Observatory For Human Rights|date=27 March 2016 |accessdate=27 March 2016}} In March 2017, it was recaptured by the Syrian Army following the Palmyra offensive (2017). In December 2024, the Revolutionary Commando Army recaptured the airport.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/syria-army-enters-isil-held-palmyra-monitor|title=Syria army enters ISIL-held Palmyra: monitor|date=1 March 2017|publisher=The National|work=Agence-France Presse|access-date=1 March 2017}}
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of {{convert|403|m|0}} above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring {{convert|2880|x|45|m|0}}.
Airlines and destinations
Due to the ongoing Syrian Civil War, there are currently no scheduled flights operated to or from the airport.
References
External links
- {{ASN|PMS}}
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{{Airports in Syria}}
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Category:Buildings and structures in Homs Governorate
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