Rene Mouawad Air Base (Arabic: مطار الرئيس الشهيد رينيه معوض Maṭār ar-Raʾīs aš-Šahīd Rinih Muʿawwad), formerly and still sometimes known as Qoleiat air base (مطار القليعات, Maṭār al-Qulayʿat), used to be a military-civil joint airport in North Lebanon, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Lebanese–Syrian border.

According to an agreement signed by the Lebanese and French republic, a number of Mirage aircraft were supplied to the air force which saw pilots and technicians being sent to France to continue some courses related to the specified planes.

[1] The Middle East Airlines formerly ran flights between this air base and Beirut to serve Tripoli and the surrounding area.

[3] The airport has since been repaired and in service, mainly by the Lebanese Air Force, although domestic flights may be flown in the near future connecting Beirut and Tripoli.

In 2010, Lebanon's director-general of the Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority, Dr Hamdi Chaouk announced that an international airport would be built at Kleyate with construction due to start in 2011.