Gaza Airstrip

Gush Katif Airport is a small abandoned airfield in , approximately three kilometres north of the town of , and adjacent to the UNRWA .
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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 Katif and Neve Dekalim.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the Gush bloc in the , about 1 km north of the Palestinian refugee camp of . is situated 2 km northeast of Gaza Airstrip.

Ruins
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was an Israeli settlement in the . 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. is situated 2½ km southwest of Gaza Airstrip.

Ruins
was an Israeli settlement established in 2001 on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea west of in the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the that existed until 2005. is situated 2½ km west of Gaza Airstrip.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khan Yunis Camp and Al-Mawasi.

Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called , is a Palestinian refugee camp in the just west of the city of and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern .

Village
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is a fertile area for agriculture in the . It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. is situated 3½ km southwest of Gaza Airstrip.

Town
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is a Palestinian town in the of the . It is located just north of and approximately 24 kilometres south of . is situated 4 km east of Gaza Airstrip.

Gaza Airstrip

Latitude
31.36705° or 31° 22′ 1″ north
Longitude
34.29451° or 34° 17′ 40″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
IATA airport code
GHK
ICAO airport code
LLAZ
Open location code
8G3P978V+RR
Geo­Names ID
7730637
Wiki­data ID
Q3275388
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Satellite Map

Discover Gaza Airstrip from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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