Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport was an in the . It was located between and Dahaniya, close to the Egyptian border. The facility was built as a result of the Oslo Accords and opened on 24 November 1998 as Gaza International Airport.
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  • Type: Abandoned airfield
  • Description: closed airport in the Gaza Strip
  • Also known as: “Aeroporto di Gaza”, “Aeroporto internacional de gaza”, “Aeroporto internazionale Yasser Arafat”, “Aeroportul Internaţional Yasser Arafat”, “Dahaniya Airport”, “Dahaniya International Airport”, “Flughafen Gaza”, “Flughafen Jassir Arafat”, “Flughafen Jassir Arafat International”, “Flughafen Yasser Arafat”, “Gaza Airport”, “Gaza International Airport”, “Gazan kansainvälinen lentoasema”, “Gazan lentoasema”, “Gazze Uluslararası Havalimanı”, “GZA”, “Jasser Arafatin lentoasema”, “Jassir Arafat International Airport”, “LVGZ”, “Matar Yasir ‘Arafat ad-Dowaly”, “Yasser Arafat Airport”, “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי דהנייה”, “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי עזה”, “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי דהנייה”, “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי יאסר ערפאת”, “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי עזה”, “فرودگاه بین المللی یاسر عرفات”, “مطار غزة الدولي”, “가자 공항”, “가자 국제 공항”, “ヤーセル・アラファート国際空港”, “加沙国际机场”, and “达赫尼亚国际机场”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kerem Shalom border crossing.

Border checkpoint
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is a border crossing… is situated 2½ km south of Yasser Arafat International Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kerem Shalom and Holit.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel.

Village
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is a kibbutz in the Hevel Shalom region of south-west . is situated 5 km east of Yasser Arafat International Airport.

Village
is a moshav in southern . is situated 6 km southeast of Yasser Arafat International Airport.

Yasser Arafat International Airport

Latitude
31.24313° or 31° 14′ 35″ north
Longitude
34.27588° or 34° 16′ 33″ east
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
IATA airport code
GZA
ICAO airport code
LVGZ
Open location code
8G3P67VG+79
Geo­Names ID
6619648
Wiki­data ID
Q1063604
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Yasser Arafat International Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Internacional Yasser Arafat”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaser Ərəfat Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াসির আরাফাত আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport Internacional Iàssir Arafat”
  • Chinese: “亚西尔·阿拉法特国际机场”
  • Chinese: “亞西爾·阿拉法特國際機場”
  • Czech: “Letiště Jásira Arafata”
  • Dutch: “Yasser Arafat International Airport”
  • Finnish: “Jasser Arafatin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international Yasser Arafat”
  • French: “Aéroport international Yasser Arafat”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Jassir Arafat”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי יאסר ערפאת”
  • Hungarian: “Jasszer Arafat nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Iban: “Padang Bilun Entarabansa Yasser Arafat”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Yasser Arafat”
  • Irish: “Aerfort Idirnáisiúnta Iasar Arafat”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Gaza”
  • Japanese: “ヤーセル・アラファト国際空港”
  • Korean: “야세르 아라파트 국제공항”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Gaza”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Yasser Arafat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yasir Arafat internasjonale lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yasir Arafat internasjonale lufthamn”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی یاسر عرفات”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Jaser Arafat”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Jasir Arafat”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Yasser Arafat”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Yasser Arafat”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Ясира Арафата”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče Jaserja Arafata”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Yasser Arafat”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Ёсир Арафот”
  • Turkish: “Yaser Arafat Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Газа (аеропорт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Газа”
  • Urdu: “یاسر عرفات بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Yasser Arafat”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Yasser Arafat”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: ‘Arab ar Rumaylāt and Al Qubbah.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Karm Ibn Muşliḩ and Karm el-Buhdari.

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