Atar International Airport

Atar Airport or Atar International Airport is an airport serving Atar, a town in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.World War IIDuring World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command as a stopover for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel on the North African Cairo-Dakar transport route for cargo, transiting aircraft and personnel. It connected to Dakar Airport in the South and Agadir Airport to the north.