Bir Gifgafa Airfield

Bir Jifjafa is an airfield in the , 90 km east of the . During the 1960s and 1970s it played a significant role in Arab–Israeli wars, at different times serving both and .
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Latitude
30.4143° or 30° 24′ 52″ north
Longitude
33.1555° or 33° 9′ 20″ east
Open location code
8G2MC574+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway = aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse = military
Open­Street­Map feature
military = airfield

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hebrew—“Bir Gifgafa Airfield” goes by many names.
قاعدة بئر جفجفة الجويةArabic
בסיס טיסה ביר גפגפהHebrew

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