List of airports in Israel
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This is a list of Israeli airports, sorted by location.
1 Located in the Israeli-occupied territories
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Airports
| City served | ICAO ICAO airport code The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-character alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.The ICAO codes are used by air traffic... |
IATA IATA airport code An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association... |
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| Israel - Nationwide Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
LLBG | TLV | Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport Ben Gurion International Airport , also referred to by its Hebrew acronym Natbag , is the largest and busiest international airport in Israel, handling 12,160,339 passengers in 2010... |
| Negev Negev The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The Arabs, including the native Bedouin population of the region, refer to the desert as al-Naqab. The origin of the word Neghebh is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'... |
LLOV | VDA | Ovda International Airport Ovda International Airport Ovda Airport , is a military and civilian airport in Israel, and the country's second international airport, located in the south of the country about north of the city of Eilat... |
| Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... |
LLHA | HFA | Haifa Airport Haifa Airport Haifa International Airport is an Israeli airport located in Haifa. It is located to the east of the city, close to Kishon Port and Israel Shipyards and mainly serves civilian flights, with some military usage. Most passenger flights passing through the airport are domestic operations to Eilat... (U. Michaeli Airport) |
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| Beersheba Beersheba Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300.... (Be'er Sheva) |
LLBS | BEV | Be'er Sheva Airport Be'er Sheva (Teyman) Airport Be'er Sheva Airport, also known as the Teyman Airport is an Israeli airport located near Beersheba. The airport is mainly used for teaching flying, private aviation activity, a gliding club and . The main operator of the airport is Ayit Aviation, owned by Captain Eli Peretz, who has managed the... (Teyman Airport or Sde Teiman Airport) |
| Eilat | LLET | ETH | Eilat Airport Eilat Airport Eilat Airport , also known as J. Hozman Airport , is an Israeli airport located in the city of Eilat. It mostly handles domestic flights to Tel Aviv and Haifa with international flights operating instead to Ovda International Airport, but a few international flights on aircraft that can handle the... (J. Hozman Airport) |
| Herzliya Herzliya Herzliya is a city in the central coast of Israel, at the western part of the Tel Aviv District. It has a population of 87,000 residents. Named after Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, Herzliya covers an area of 26 km²... (Herzlia) |
LLHZ | HRZ | Herzliya Airport Herzliya airport Herzliya Airport is an airport located in the city of Herzliya in central Israel.The airport is mainly used by flight schools and for general aviation. It has no terminal. In early 2008, a new safety system was installed at the airfield. Plans by the Israel Airports Authority and civil aviation... |
| Jerusalem | LLJR | JRS | Atarot Airport Atarot Airport Atarot Airport , is a small airport located between Jerusalem and Ramallah. It was the first airport in Mandate Palestine. It has been closed since the Second Intifada.-History:... 1 (Jerusalem International Airport) - currently in disuse |
| Kfar Sirkin Kfar Sirkin Kfar Sirkin or Kefar Syrkin is a moshav in Israel within the municipal jurisdiction of the Drom HaSharon Regional Council near the city of Petah Tikva. Founded in 1933, it was named after the famous Zionist Nachman Syrkin.... |
Kfar Sirkin Airfield | ||
| Megiddo Megiddo (kibbutz) Megiddo is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 356.... |
LLMG | Megiddo Airport Megiddo Airport Megiddo Airport , is an Israeli airport located near Megiddo and 3 km southwest of Afula in the Jezreel Valley. It currently handles private and agricultural flights... |
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| Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona Kiryat Shmona is a city located in the North District of Israel on the western slopes of the Hula Valley on the Lebanese border. The city was named for the eight people, including Joseph Trumpeldor, who died in 1920 defending Tel Hai.... |
LLKS | KSW | Kiryat Shmona Airport |
| Rosh-Pina Rosh Pinna Rosh Pinna is a town of approximately 2,500 people located in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'anin, the Northern District of Israel. The town was founded in 1882 by thirty immigrant families from Romania, making it one of the oldest Zionist settlements in Israel... |
LLIB | RPN | Rosh Pina Airport (Ben Ya'akov Airport) |
| Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with... |
LLSD | SDV | Sde Dov Airport Sde Dov Airport Sde Dov Airport , also known as Dov Hoz Airport is an airport located in Tel Aviv, Israel which mainly handles scheduled domestic flights to Eilat and , northern Israel , and the Israeli Golan Heights. It is Tel Aviv's largest airport and the second largest in the area, after Ben Gurion... (Dov Hoz Airport) |
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| Betzet Betzet Betzet is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Mateh Asher Regional Council. It is part of the Moshavim Movement, and is located next to the cities Shlomi and Nahariya.... |
Betzet Airfield | ||
| Ein Shemer Ein Shemer Ein Shemer is a kibbutz in Israel in the Shomron region, surrounded by citrus groves, orchards and fields. It is located just south of Route 65, about 6 km northeast of Hadera, and is in the Menashe Regional Council. The kibbutz was founded in 1927. The kibbutz makes a living from agriculture and... (Eyn-Shemer) |
LLES | Ein Shemer Airfield Ein Shemer Airfield Ein Shemer Airfield is an Israeli army airport in northern Israel. Before 1948 it was operated by the British Royal Air Force as RAF Ein Shemer.... |
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| Ein Yahav Ein Yahav Ein Yahav is a moshav in Israel. Located in the northern Arava, 12km south of Hatzeva, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Central Arava Regional Council. It is named after Ein Yahav , southwest of the moshav... (Eyn-Yahav) |
LLEY | EIY | Ein Yahav Airfield Ein Yahav Airfield Ein Yahav Airfield , officially known as Sapir Airfield , is a small desert airfield in southern Israel's Arabah between the Dead Sea and Eilat.The airfield is located across Highway 90 from Sapir, and not far from Ein Yahav... |
| Fiq Afik Afik is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz, and the first Jewish locale established in the Golan Heights after the Six Day War. Affiliated with Ihud HaKvutzot VeHaKibbutzim, it was established near the site of the abandoned Syrian village named Fiq on 8 May 1972... |
LLFK | Fiq Airfield Fiq Airfield Fik Airfield is an Israeli airfield located in the Golan Heights, near the Israeli settlement and kibbutz Afik. The airfield is used for private aviation activity and operated by the Golan Regional Council. Fik has seen traffic drop in recent years, but is used by Elbit Systems to test their... 1 |
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| Masada Masada Masada is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications in the South District of Israel, on top of an isolated rock plateau, or horst, on the eastern edge of the Judean Desert, overlooking the Dead Sea. Masada is best known for the violence that occurred there in the first century CE... |
LLMZ | MTZ | Bar Yehuda Airfield Bar Yehuda Airfield Bar Yehuda Airfield , named after Israel Bar-Yehuda, is a small desert airfield located in the southern Judean desert, between Arad and Ein Gedi, west of the Dead Sea... |
| Mitzpe Ramon Mitzpe Ramon Mitzpe Ramon is a town in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 860 meters overlooking a sizable erosion cirque known as the Ramon Crater.-History:... |
LLMR | MIP | Mitzpe Ramon Airfield Mitzpe Ramon Airfield -External links:* *... |
| Sdom (Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah were cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and later expounded upon throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and Deuterocanonical sources.... ) |
SED | Sdom Airfield (Hashnayim Airfield) | |
| Yotvata Yotvata -External links:*... |
YOT | Yotvata Airfield Yotvata Airfield Yotvata Airfield is a small desert airfield in south Israel 40 km north of Eilat adjacent to Kibbutz Yotvata.The runway is currently in a state of disrepair... |
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| Beersheba Beersheba Beersheba is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the seventh-largest city in Israel with a population of 194,300.... (Be'er Sheva) |
LLHB | Hatzerim Airbase (Hatzerim) | |
| Hatzor Hatzor (Kibbutz) Hatzor , officially Hatzor Ashdod to distinguish it from Hatzor HaGlilit, is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Ashdod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Be'er Tuvia Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 545.-History:... |
LLHS | Hatzor Airbase Hatzor Airbase Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base , also titled Kanaf 4 is an Israeli Air Force military air base, located in central Israel, near kibbutz Hatzor after which it is named... |
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| Megiddo Megiddo (kibbutz) Megiddo is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 356.... |
LLRM | Ramat David Airbase Ramat David Airbase Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base is one of three principal airbases of the Israeli Air Force, located southeast of Haifa, close to kibbutz Ramat David and Megiddo in the Jezreel Valley... |
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| Mitzpe Ramon Mitzpe Ramon Mitzpe Ramon is a town in the Negev desert of southern Israel. It is situated on the northern ridge at an elevation of 860 meters overlooking a sizable erosion cirque known as the Ramon Crater.-History:... |
LLRD | Ramon Airbase Ramon Airbase Ramon Airbase is an Israeli Air Force base southwest of Beersheba, near the town of Mitzpe Ramon. Also titled Kanaf 25 , it was formerly known as Matred. It was built as the result of joint Israeli and US government funding as part of the IAF's redeployment out of its bases in the Sinai after the... |
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| Nevatim Nevatim Nevatim is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert around south-east of Beersheba, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 629.... |
LLNV | Nevatim Airbase | |
| Palmachim Palmachim Palmachim is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located about ten kilometers south of the Tel Aviv area along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, among the sand dunes, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gan Raveh Regional Council... |
Palmachim Airbase Palmachim Airbase Palmachim Air Force Base is an Israeli military facility and spaceport located near the cities of Rishon LeZion and Yavne on the Mediterranean Sea. It is named after nearby Kibbutz Palmachim on the Mediterranean shore.... |
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| Tel Nof (Tel Nov) | LLEK | Tel Nof Airbase Tel Nof Airbase Tel Nof Israeli Air Force , also known as Air Force Base 8, is one of three principal airbases of the Israeli Air Force. Tel Nof is located near Rehovot, Israel.-History:... |
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| Eilat | LLOV | VDA | Ovda Airbase |
1 Located in the Israeli-occupied territories
Israeli-occupied territories
The Israeli-occupied territories are the territories which have been designated as occupied territory by the United Nations and other international organizations, governments and others to refer to the territory seized by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967 from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria...
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By passenger numbers
| Rank | Airport | Passenger numbers | Year |
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| 1 | Ben Gurion Airport | 12,160,339 | 2010 |
| 2 | Eilat Airport Eilat Airport Eilat Airport , also known as J. Hozman Airport , is an Israeli airport located in the city of Eilat. It mostly handles domestic flights to Tel Aviv and Haifa with international flights operating instead to Ovda International Airport, but a few international flights on aircraft that can handle the... |
1,048,975 | 2005 |
| 3 | Sde Dov Airport Sde Dov Airport Sde Dov Airport , also known as Dov Hoz Airport is an airport located in Tel Aviv, Israel which mainly handles scheduled domestic flights to Eilat and , northern Israel , and the Israeli Golan Heights. It is Tel Aviv's largest airport and the second largest in the area, after Ben Gurion... |
703,649 | 2007 |
| 4 | Ovda Airport | 82,479 | 2005 |
| 5 | Haifa Airport Haifa Airport Haifa International Airport is an Israeli airport located in Haifa. It is located to the east of the city, close to Kishon Port and Israel Shipyards and mainly serves civilian flights, with some military usage. Most passenger flights passing through the airport are domestic operations to Eilat... |
65,551 | 2007 |
| 6 | Ben Ya'akov Airport | 45,306 | 2005 |
See also
- Transportation in IsraelTransportation in IsraelTransportation in Israel is based mainly on private motor vehicles and bus service and continuously upgrading train service. Demands of population growth, political factors, the Israel Defense Forces, tourism and increased traffic set the pace....
- List of airports by ICAO code: L#LL - Israel
- Wikipedia: Airline destination lists: Asia#Israel