# Atar International Airport (ATR / GQPA)

**Atar International Airport** (IATA: ATR, ICAO: GQPA) is a medium airport in Atar, Adrar Region, Mauritania. It has one runway, 3,004 m (9,855 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqpa

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ATR / GQPA
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Atar, Adrar Region, Mauritania
- Elevation: 224 m / 734 ft
- Coordinates: 20.5058, -13.0437
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,004 m / 9,855 ft
- Time zone: UTC+0 · Africa/Nouakchott
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atar_International_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2670961
- Weather station: GQPA · WMO 61421
- Ident: GQPA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,004 m / 9,855 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 030° / 210° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,004 m / 9,855 ft | =1,166 of 29,858 | =176 in Africa | #2 in MR |
| Elevation | 224 m / 734 ft | =22,711 of 43,403 | #2,486 in Africa | #10 in MR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =176 in Africa | =2 in MR |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | RDO | 568.000 |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 150 km / 93 mi.

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gqpa/data