Gaza Airstrip
Gush Katif Airport is a small abandoned airfield in Gaza Strip, approximately three kilometres north of the town of Khan Yunis, and adjacent to the UNRWA Khan Yunis refugee camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: airport in Palestine
- Also known as: “GHK”, “Gush Katif Airport”, “Katif Airport”, and “LLAZ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ganei Tal and Katif.
Ganei Tal
Ruins
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Ganei Tal was an Israeli settlement in the south of the Gaza Strip, located in the Gush Katif settlement bloc. It was under the jurisdiction of Hof Aza Regional Council. Ganei Tal is situated 1 km northeast of Gaza Airstrip.
Katif
Ruins
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Katif was an Israeli settlement in the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip, about 1 km north of the Palestinian refugee camp of Deir al-Balah Camp. Katif is situated 2 km northeast of Gaza Airstrip.
Neve Dekalim
Ruins
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Neve Dekalim was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip. Comprising a part of Gush Katif, it was founded in 1983, shortly after Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula to fulfill the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. Neve Dekalim is situated 2½ km southwest of Gaza Airstrip.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khan Yunis Camp and Khan Yunis.
Khan Yunis Camp
Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called Khan Yunis Camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Khan Yunis Governorate just west of the city of Khan Yunis and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern Gaza Strip.
Khan Yunis
Town
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Khan Yunis, also spelled Khan Younis or Khan Yunus, is a city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, and serves as the capital of the Khan Yunis Governorate. Khan Yunis is situated 3 km southeast of Gaza Airstrip.
Al-Mawasi
Village
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Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. Al-Mawasi is situated 3½ km southwest of Gaza Airstrip.
Gaza Airstrip
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tajik—“Gaza Airstrip” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مطار غوش قطيف”
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Gaza”
- Chinese: “固斯卡提夫機場”
- Czech: “GHK”
- Czech: “Letiště Guš Katif”
- Czech: “LLAZ”
- Dutch: “Gaza Airstrip”
- French: “aéroport de Gush Katif”
- French: “Aéroport de Gush Katif”
- Hebrew: “מנחת קטיף”
- Iban: “Padang Bilun Gush Katif”
- Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Gush Katif”
- Indonesian: “GHK”
- Indonesian: “LLAZ”
- Italian: “Aeroporto di Gaza-Katif”
- Japanese: “ガザ飛行場”
- Japanese: “グーシュ・カティーフ空港”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Tutubpoon Kapal Tulud Gush Katif”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Gush Katif”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Katif”
- Persian: “GHK”
- Persian: “LLAZ”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تکبانده غزه”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Gush Katif”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Gusz Katif”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Gaza”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи такбондҳ ғазза”
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