Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport

مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي
The airport in 2005
Summary
Airport typeDefunct
OperatorPalestinian Civil Aviation Authority and Israeli government
LocationGaza Strip
Opened24 November 1998 (1998-11-24)
Closed2001
Elevation AMSL98 m / 320 ft
Coordinates31°14′47″N 34°16′34″E / 31.24639°N 34.27611°E / 31.24639; 34.27611
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 3,076 10,091 Asphalt (severely damaged)

Yasser Arafat International Airport (Arabic: مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli) (IATA: GZA, ICAO: LVGZ),[1] formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, was located in the Gaza Strip, between Rafah and Dahaniya, close to the Egyptian border. The facility opened on 24 November 1998, and all passenger flights ceased in February 2001, during the Second Intifada. Israel bombed the radar station and control tower on 4 December 2001 and bulldozers cut the runway on 10 January 2002, rendering the airport inoperable.

  1. ^ "Codes of Gaza - Yaser Arafat International Airport in Gaza City, Palestine (PS)". AirportsBase. 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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