Airports / Lebanon / KYE
Rene Mouawad Air Base
OLKA / KYETripoli, LebanonELEV 75 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
25 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wujah Al Hajar Air Base (Z19O) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Rene Mouawad Air Base (OLKA / KYE) sits in Tripoli, Lebanon, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 75 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into KYE for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Wujah Al Hajar Air Base (Z19O, 25 nm), Al Qusayr Air Base (OS70, 28 nm), and Rayak Air Base (OLRA, 44 nm).
Charter pricing from KYE depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Kleyate Airport and Al Qulay'at. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Tripoli.
Field capability
ICAO
OLKA
IATA
KYE
FAA / Local
OLKA
Elevation
75 ft
Coordinates
34.5893° N · 36.0113° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 25nmZ19OWujah Al Hajar Air BaseHamat
- 28nmOS70Al Qusayr Air BaseAl-Qusayr
- 44nmOLRARayak Air BaseRayak
- 49nmLTKLatakia International AirportLatakia
- 53nmBEYBeirut Rafic Hariri International AirportBeirut
- 58nmOS64An Nasiriyah Air Base
Location
Open the full mapOLKA · Rene Mouawad Air Base · Tripoli, Lebanon