Marj Ruhayyil

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ICAO Code /
Last Validated May 2010
City Marj Ruhayyil
Position 33°17'06"N 036°27'29"E
Runway(s) 06L/24R, 06R/24L
Elevation 2190 ft

General

Marj Ruhayyil is a military airbase south west of Damascus Intl. It holds helicopter gunships nowadays.

Be aware, plane spotting is neither understood nor appreciated in the Syrian Arab Republic!

Layout

Its fighter base pedigree is witnessed by numerous shelters of various sizes located around the thresholds of the dual east-west runways. There is also a sand runway south of that, which appears to be disused. Some derelict aircraft are parked alongside it. The helicopters use the shelters now, and there are two dedicated helicopter ramps north of the runway as well. In the south west corner, a taxiway leads to a couple of entrances into the hills. These are probably caverns. The base is in the middle of the desert and most, if not all, the surrounding area is military property.

Getting There

There are two easy ways of getting here. First, from the airport, take the first exit off the airport highway. Make a left and cross the highway, go left at the fork. Follow this road for 10 km and you will have to go left, or else you will drive straight to the gate.

From the Damascus ring road, take road no.110. That is the first exit west of the airport highway. See also Kalkhalah airfield guide, because this road leads past that base too.

Around the Airport

1Gate view

The road from the airport leads to the gate. At the cross road nearby you can go straight, you have to ignore the warning signs. There is a MiG-17 preserved at the gate.

2East side view

Go back to the cross road and make a right. You will now be driving in a south easterly direction. Look to your right, you can see the MiG also. Moreover, Mi-24s are visible in front of the shelters. The approach to runways 24R/L crosses this road too. Most traffic here is military.

3West side view

Proceed and make a right at the next cross road, roughly following the base clock wise. About 9 km later, you will reach road no.110; go right towards Damascus. Some 5.5 km later, just after another military camp which will be on your left hand side, you should be roughly under the approach of runways 06R/L. It is a busy road though.

Based Operators

767sqMi-24

Preserved

...MiG-17, gate
...3x MiG-21, 1x MiG-17, and some hulks,
derelict, south west side
...2x MiG-17, 1x MiG-21, derelict,
south east side

Order of Battle Syria

Syrian Arab Air Force
Syrian Arab Naval Air Arm

Other Airfields

Ad Dumair  
Afis  
Aleppo Intl  
An Nasriyah (Jayrud)  
Damascus - Marj as Sultan North & South  
Damascus - Qabr as Sitt  
Damascus Intl
Deir Zzor  
Hama  
Jirah  
Khalkhalah  
Latakia - Bassel el Assad Intl  
Marj Ruhayyil  
Minakh  
Rasin al Aboud  
Tabqa  
Tiyas  

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