Kiryat Shmona Airport

Kiryat Shmona Airport is a public airport located 2 km east of the northern town of . The airport is operated by Kiryat Shmona Travellers Inc.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Israel
  • Also known as: “Kiryat-Shmona Airport”, “KSW”, and “LLKS”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Burgeranch and El Khalisa.

Fast food restaurant
Photo: דוד שי, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Burger Ranch, is an Israeli fast-food chain. In 2010, the chain included 107 restaurants with over 1500 employees, competing primarily with McDonald's Israel and Burger King Israel.

Ruins
Photo: AnasNashashibi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Khalisa was a Palestinian Arab village situated on a low hill on the northwestern edge of the of over 1,800 located 28 kilometers north of Safad. It was depopulated in the 1948 Palestine war.

Museum
The Upper Galilee Museum of Prehistory, also known as the , is a museum of prehistory in Kibbutz , . The museum showcases historical artifacts found in and around the kibbutz and houses an extensive collection of prehistoric tools and vessels, including hand axes predating human settlement in the Hulah Valley, around 780,000 BCE.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beit Hillel and Kiryat Shmona.

Village
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is a moshav in northern . Located on the west bank of the Hasbani River, about 5 kilometres from , its 3,500 dunams fall under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. As of 2024, it had a population of 1,106.

Town
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is a city in the of on the western slopes of the near the border. In 2024, it had a population of 24,437. Located near the Israel–Lebanon border, is Israel's northernmost city.

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The is the northernmost part of , a narrow strip of land running north-south.

Kiryat Shmona Airport

Latitude
33.21331° or 33° 12′ 48″ north
Longitude
35.5929° or 35° 35′ 34″ east
Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)
IATA airport code
KSW
ICAO airport code
LLKS
Open location code
8G5Q6H7V+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 412875681
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
7730638
Wiki­data ID
Q2920278
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kiryat Shmona Airport” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مطار كريات شمونه”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Kiryat Shemona”
  • Cebuano: “Kiryat Shmona Airport”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار كريات شمونه”
  • French: “Aéroport de Kiryat Shmona”
  • Hebrew: “מנחת קריית שמונה”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה קריית שמונה”
  • Hebrew: “שדה התעופה קרית שמונה”
  • Indonesian: “KWS”
  • Indonesian: “LLKS”
  • Japanese: “キリヤット・シュモナ空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Kiryat-Shmona”
  • Persian: “KWS”
  • Persian: “LLKS”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه کیریات شنوما”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Kirjat Szemona”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Kiryat Szmona”
  • Polish: “Qiryat Shemona Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Kiryat Shmona”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт «Кирьят-Шмона»”
  • Russian: “Кирьят-Шмона”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Kiryat Shemona”
  • Swedish: “Kiryat Shmona Airport”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи кириот шнумо”
  • Urdu: “کریات شمونہ ہوائی اڈا”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Kiryat Shmona”

Localities in the Area

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