former Yasser Arafat International Airport
Palestine /
Rafahh /
al-Bayuk /
World
/ Palestine
/ Rafahh
/ al-Bayuk
, 3 km from center (البيك)
World / Palestinian territories / Gaza
airport, ruins, abandoned / shut down, 1998_construction, international airport
Yasser Arafat International Airport (Arabic: مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli) (IATA: GZA, ICAO: LVGZ), formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in between Rafah and Dahaniya, close to the Egyptian border. The facility, which opened on 24 November 1998, ceased operation during the Second Intifada on 8 October 2000. The radar station and control tower were bombed by an Israeli attack.
Elevation: 98 m / 320 ft
Runways:
- 01/19 (Direction), 3,076 m (Length), Asphalt (Surface)
Elevation: 98 m / 320 ft
Runways:
- 01/19 (Direction), 3,076 m (Length), Asphalt (Surface)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat_International_Airport
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°14'34"N 34°16'26"E
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- Site of former Morag settlement 8.4 km
- British Ammunition Dumps 26 km
- Site of Netzarim 30 km
- Former Erez industrial zone 43 km
- Abandoned Jerusalem Railway 105 km
- Former Atarot Airport (JRS/LLJR) 113 km
- Eilat Airport 198 km
- Runway 16/34 453 km
- Marma el-Daba 583 km
- Former Runway 01/19 0.2 km
- Al Shuka Region 2.1 km
- Al-Salam Neighborhood 2.6 km
- Philadelphi Route 4.4 km
- Rafah Governorate 4.4 km
- Security Buffer Zone 4.4 km
- Philadelphi Route 4.5 km
- Khan Yunis Governorate 10 km
- Eshkol Regional Council 16 km
- Gaza Strip 22 km