Yotvata Airfield
Yotvata Airfield was a small desert airfield in south Israel 40 km north of Eilat adjacent to Kibbutz Yotvata. The runway is in a state of disrepair. In 2025, Yotvata airfield was considered “Permanently Closed” on Google Maps.- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Israel
- Also known as: “LLYT”, “YOT”, and “Yotvata Runway”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yotvata and Grofit.
Yotvata
Village
Photo: MathKnight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yotvata is a kibbutz in the Arava Valley in southern Israel. Located on the Highway 90's segment known as the Arava Road, adjacent to the southern Negev, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council.
Grofit
Village
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
Grofit is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located near Eilat in the Arabah region, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 337.
Shaharut
Village
Photo: RobertWallner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shaharut is a community settlement in the far south of Israel. Located 40 kilometers north of the city of Eilat, and six kilometers west of Yotvata on a ridge above the Arava valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Eilot Regional Council.
Yotvata Airfield
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.89876° or 29° 53′ 56″ northLongitude
35.06699° or 35° 4′ 1″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)IATA airport code
YOTICAO airport code
LLYTOpen location code
7GXQV3X8+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 922250484OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Yotvata Airfield” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار يطفتا”
- Arabic: “مهبط يطفتا”
- Cebuano: “Yotvata Airfield”
- French: “aéroport de Yotvata”
- French: “Aéroport de Yotvata”
- Hebrew: “מנחת יוטבתה”
- Hebrew: “מנחת יטבתה”
- Indonesian: “LLYT”
- Indonesian: “YOT”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Yotvata, LL0E”
- Persian: “LLYT”
- Persian: “YOT”
- Persian: “فرودگاه یوتواتا”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Jotwata”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Yotvata”
- Russian: “Аэродром Йотвата”
- Russian: “Йотвата”
- Swedish: “Yotvata Airfield”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи ютуото”
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