Bir Gifgafa Airfield
Bir Jifjafa is an airfield in the Sinai, 90 km east of the Suez Canal. During the 1960s and 1970s it played a significant role in Arab–Israeli wars, at different times serving both Egypt and Israel.- Aerodrome
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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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