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Gibraltar International Airport

Gibraltar International Airport, previously known as North Front Airport, is the civilian airport that serves the British overseas territory of .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: British airport in Gibraltar
  • Also known as: “GIB”, “Gibraltar Airport”, “LXGB”, and “North Front Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Victoria Stadium and RAF Gibraltar.

Pitch
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is a multi-purpose stadium in . It is currently used mostly for football matches, but also hosts the annual Gibraltar Music Festival.

Aerodrome
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Royal Air Force Gibraltar or more simply is a Royal Air Force station on . No military aircraft are currently stationed there, but RAF and aircraft of other NATO nations will periodically arrive for transient stopovers, exercises, or other temporary duty.

Archaeological site
Photo: AquilaGib, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forbes' Quarry is located on the northern face of the within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocean Village and Moorish Castle.

Neighborhood
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is a mixed-use marina, residential, business, and leisure development in , in the North end of the Iberian peninsula. The project features 316 residential apartments, over 250 marina berths and extensive business accommodation.

Neighborhood
Photo: James Cridland, CC BY 2.0.
The is the name given to a medieval fortification in comprising various buildings, gates, and fortified walls, with the dominant features being the Tower of Homage and the Gate House.

Locality
The is a breakwater located in the northern section of Gibraltar Harbour, in the British Overseas Territory of , at the southern end of the .

Gibraltar International Airport

Latitude
36.15173° or 36° 9′ 6″ north
Longitude
-5.34932° or 5° 20′ 58″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Operator
Royal Air Force
IATA airport code
GIB
ICAO airport code
LXGB
Open location code
8C8P5M22+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106806430
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6301797
Wiki­data ID
Q501083
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Gibraltar International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gibraltar Internasionale Lughawe”
  • Arabic: “مطار جبل طارق الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار جبل طارق”
  • Arabic: “مطار جبل طارقالدولي”
  • Aragonese: “Aeropuerto de Chibraltar”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Xibraltar”
  • Basque: “Gibraltargo aireportua”
  • Basque: “Gibraltarko aireportua”
  • Belarusian: “Аэрапорт Гібралтар”
  • Bengali: “জিব্রাল্টার আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Gibraltar”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional de Gibraltar”
  • Cebuano: “Gibraltar International Airport”
  • Central Kurdish: “فڕۆکەخانەی جەبەل تارق”
  • Chinese: “直布罗陀机场”
  • Chinese: “直布羅陀國際機場”
  • Chinese: “直布羅陀機場”
  • Croatian: “Zračna luka Gibraltar”
  • Czech: “mezinárodní letiště Gibraltar”
  • Czech: “Mezinárodní letiště Gibraltar”
  • Danish: “Gibraltar Airport”
  • Danish: “Gibraltar Lufthavn”
  • Danish: “North Front Airport”
  • Dutch: “Gibraltar Airport”
  • Estonian: “Gibraltari rahvusvaheline lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Gibraltarin lentoasema”
  • French: “Aéroport de Gibraltar”
  • French: “aéroport international de Gibraltar”
  • French: “Aéroport international de Gibraltar”
  • French: “GIB”
  • French: “LXGB”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Xibraltar”
  • German: “Flughafen Gibraltar”
  • German: “GIB”
  • German: “Gibraltar Airport”
  • German: “LXGB”
  • Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Γιβραλτάρ”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה גיברלטר”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי גיברלטר”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי גיברלטר”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה גיברלטר”
  • Hindi: “जिब्राल्टर अन्तराष्ट्रीय हवाई-अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “Gibraltári repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Gibraltar”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Gibraltar”
  • Indonesian: “GIB”
  • Indonesian: “LXGB”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Gibilterra”
  • Japanese: “ジブラルタル国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ジブラルタル空港”
  • Korean: “지브롤터 공항”
  • Latvian: “Gibraltāra starptautiskā lidosta”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Gibraltar AB”
  • Malayalam: “ജിബ്രാൾട്ടർ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gibraltar lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “Gibraltar lufthavn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه جبل‌الطارق”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه جبل‌طارق”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Gibraltar”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Gibraltar”
  • Portuguese: “Gibraltar airport”
  • Portuguese: “LXGB”
  • Portuguese: “North Front Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Gibraltar”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Gibraltar”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Гибралтара”
  • Russian: “Гибралтар”
  • Russian: “Гибралтарский аэропорт”
  • Serbian: “Aerodrom Gibraltar”
  • Slovak: “Letisko Gibraltár”
  • Slovak: “Medzinárodné letisko Gibraltár”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Gibraltar”
  • Spanish: “GIB”
  • Spanish: “Gibraltar airport”
  • Spanish: “LXGB”
  • Spanish: “North Front Airport”
  • Swedish: “Gibraltar International Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ҷабал олторқ”
  • Tamil: “நார்த் பிரண்ட் வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “வடக்கு முனை வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “ஜிப்ரால்டர் சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “ஜிப்ரால்ட்டர் பன்னாட்டு வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Turkish: “Cebelitarık Havaalanı”
  • Turkish: “Cebelitarık Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Cebelitarık Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Gibraltar Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гібралтар (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гібралтар”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Gibraltar”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Gibraltar”

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