Qamishli Airport ( ar, مطار القامشلي) is an

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serving

Qamishli Qamishli ( ar, ٱلْقَامِشْلِي, Al-Qāmišlī, ku, قامشلۆ, Qamişlo, syc, ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ, Bēṯ Zālīn, lit=House of Reeds or syr, ܩܡܫܠܐ, translit=Qamishlo)

, a city in northeastern Syria.

History

Although the airport was closed to civilians around October 2015, it has been reopened again, and Syrian flight companies including

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, FlyDamas and Syrian Air now provide regular flights into Qamishli from Damascus, Latakia and

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. The airport used to receive seasonal foreign flights from

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and Sweden. On 21 January 2016, Russia's activity presumably aimed at setting up a new military base in the government-controlled and mainly abandoned airport was first reported.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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of above

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. It has one

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designated 03/21 with an

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History

Facilities

Airlines and destinations

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