Middle East
Israel
Southern District

Ovda Airport

Ovda Airport was the former civilian part of the Ovda Israeli Air Force Base in the region of southern , about 40 km north of . It was the country's second international airport.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: former airport in Israel
  • Also known as: “LLOV”, “Ovda AB Airport”, “Ovda Airbase”, and “VDA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biq`at `Uvda.

Valley
Uvda is the name of a region in the southern desert, directly north of in . The name derives from the Hebrew word uvda. The region was occupied during Operation Uvda in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War when the IDF entered the area with the stated aim of establishing 'facts on the ground', hence the name.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shaharut.

Village
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is a community settlement in the far south of . Located 40 kilometers north of the city of , and six kilometers west of on a ridge above the valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. is situated 7 km southeast of Ovda Airport.

Ovda Airport

Latitude
29.93756° or 29° 56′ 15″ north
Longitude
34.93339° or 34° 56′ 0″ east
Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)
Operator
Israeli Air Force
IATA airport code
VDA
ICAO airport code
LLOV
United Nations Location Code
IL VDA
Open location code
7GXPWWQM+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 150895887
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6299661
Wiki­data ID
Q573524
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ovda Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اوڤدا مطار”
  • Arabic: “مطار عوفدا”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional d’Ovda”
  • Cebuano: “Ovda Airport”
  • Chinese: “奧華特機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Ovda”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Uvda”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Ovda”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار عوفدا”
  • Finnish: “Ovda”
  • Finnish: “Ovdan lentoasema”
  • French: “Aeroport international Ovda”
  • French: “aéroport international Ovda”
  • French: “Aéroport international Ovda”
  • French: “Base aérienne d’Ovda”
  • French: “Ovda”
  • German: “Flughafen Eilat-Ovda”
  • German: “Flughafen Owda”
  • German: “Flughafen Uvda”
  • German: “LLOV”
  • Hebrew: “בח’א 10”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס חיל האוויר עובדה”
  • Hebrew: “בסיס עובדה”
  • Hebrew: “מחנה יוכבד”
  • Hebrew: “נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה עֻבְדָּה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה עובדה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל תעופה עובדה”
  • Hebrew: “עובדה”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Ovda”
  • Indonesian: “Bandara Ovda”
  • Indonesian: “LLOV”
  • Indonesian: “VDA”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Ovda”
  • Japanese: “オブダ国際空港”
  • Korean: “오브다 공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Ovda AB”
  • Minangkabau: “Palabuahan udaro Internasional Ovda”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه اوودا”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه عوودا”
  • Polish: “Międzynarodowy port lotniczy Ovda”
  • Polish: “Ovda International Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Ovda”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Owda”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Ovda”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Ovda”
  • Russian: “Авиабаза Увда”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Овда”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Увда”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Овда”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт Увда”
  • Russian: “Овда”
  • Russian: “Увда”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Ovda”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Ovda”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Uvda”
  • Spanish: “LLOV”
  • Spanish: “VDA”
  • Swedish: “Ovda Airport”
  • Swedish: “Ovdas internationella flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи овудо”
  • Ukrainian: “Увда”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Ovda”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Ovda”

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