Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport was an in the . It was located between and Dahaniya, close to the 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: “Dahaniya Airport”, “Dahaniya International Airport”, “Gaza Airport”, “Gaza International Airport”, “GZA”, “LVGZ”, “Matar Yasir ‘Arafat ad-Dowaly”, and “Yasser Arafat Airport”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rafah Border Crossing and Kerem Shalom border crossing.

Border checkpoint
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The or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between and 's and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than . is situated 1½ km northwest of Yasser Arafat International Airport.

Border checkpoint
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is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip. is situated 2½ km south of Yasser Arafat International Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shokat as-Sufi and Kerem Shalom.

Village
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is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern , south of and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the -- border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 236.

Town
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was a city in the southern , , that served as the capital of the . It was located 30 kilometers south-west of . is situated 4 km northwest 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 غزة الدولي”
  • 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”
  • Chinese: “加沙国际机场”
  • Chinese: “达赫尼亚国际机场”
  • Czech: “Letiště Jásira Arafata”
  • Dutch: “Yasser Arafat International Airport”
  • Finnish: “Gazan kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Gazan lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Jasser Arafatin kansainvälinen lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Jasser Arafatin lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport international Yasser Arafat”
  • French: “Aéroport international Yasser Arafat”
  • German: “Flughafen Gaza”
  • German: “Flughafen Jassir Arafat International”
  • German: “Flughafen Jassir Arafat”
  • German: “Flughafen Yasser Arafat”
  • German: “Gaza International Airport”
  • German: “Internationaler Flughafen Jassir Arafat”
  • German: “Jassir Arafat International Airport”
  • German: “LVGZ”
  • German: “Yasser Arafat International Airport”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי דהנייה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי יאסר ערפאת”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבין-לאומי עזה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי דהנייה”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי יאסר ערפאת”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הבינלאומי עזה”
  • Hungarian: “Jasszer Arafat nemzetközi repülőtér”
  • Iban: “Padang Bilun Entarabansa Yasser Arafat”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional Yasser Arafat”
  • Indonesian: “GZA”
  • Indonesian: “LVGZ”
  • Irish: “Aerfort Idirnáisiúnta Iasar Arafat”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Gaza”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Gaza”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto internazionale Yasser Arafat”
  • Italian: “Yasser Arafat International Airport”
  • Japanese: “ヤーセル・アラファート国際空港”
  • Japanese: “ヤーセル・アラファト国際空港”
  • Korean: “가자 공항”
  • Korean: “가자 국제 공항”
  • 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: “GZA”
  • Persian: “LVGZ”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی یاسر عرفات”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه بین‌المللی یاسر عرفات”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Jaser Arafat”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Jasir Arafat”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto internacional de gaza”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional Yasser Arafat”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internaţional Yasser Arafat”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Yasser Arafat”
  • Russian: “Международный аэропорт имени Ясира Арафата”
  • Slovenian: “GZA”
  • Slovenian: “LVGZ”
  • Slovenian: “Mednarodno letališče Jaserja Arafata”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional Yasser Arafat”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Байн‌алмиллалии Ёсир Арафот”
  • Turkish: “Gazze Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Turkish: “Yaser Arafat Uluslararası Havalimanı”
  • Urdu: “یاسر عرفات بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay quốc tế Yasser Arafat”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Yasser Arafat”

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