Wujah Al Hajar Air Base

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Hamat Air Base Pierre Gemayel International Airport
IATA: none ICAO: Z19O
Summary
Airport type	Military
Serves	Hamat
Location	Hamat, Lebanon
Elevation AMSL	840 ft / 256 m
Coordinates	34°17′0″N 35°42′0″E / 34.28333°N 35.70000°E / 34.28333; 35.70000Coordinates: 34°17′0″N 35°42′0″E / 34.28333°N 35.70000°E / 34.28333; 35.70000
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05/23 6,000 1,829 Concrete

Hamat Air Base (Arabic: قاعدة حامات الجوية) is a Lebanese Air Force base in Hamat, Lebanon. It was built in the mid-1970s and named Pierre Gemayel International Airport by the Kataeb Regulatory Forces during the Lebanese Civil War to honor the late Pierre Gemayel. The airport was however never used for civilian purposes. Although its heavily damaged runway (numerous holes as result of airstrikes) has been patched, the airfield is currently used only by the Lebanese Air Force with Puma helicopters and Super Tucano light attack aircraft. The airfield is also used by the Special Forces school.

Air base aircraft[]

The base has the following air-crafts:^[1]

• 6 Super Tucano counter insurgence planes
• 6 IAR 330 Puma multi-role helicopters

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