Latakia Bassel al-Assad International Airport مطار باسل الأسد الدولي | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Syria | ||||||||||
Operator | Directorate General of Civil Aviation | ||||||||||
Serves | Latakia, Syria | ||||||||||
Location | Jableh | ||||||||||
Hub for | Syrian Air | ||||||||||
Time zone | AST (UTC+03:00) | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 157 ft / 48 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 35°24′03″N 35°56′55″E / 35.40083°N 35.94861°E | ||||||||||
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Bassel al-Assad International Airport (Arabic: مطار باسل الأسد الدولي) (IATA: LTK, ICAO: OSLK) is an airport serving Latakia,[1] the principal port city of Syria. The airport is named for Bassel al-Assad (1962–1994), son of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and brother of his successor Bashar al-Assad.