# Eilat Airport, Eilat, Israel

**Eilat Airport** was an airport in Eilat, Southern District, Israel. It opened in 1949. It closed in 2019. It had one runway, 1,900 m (6,234 ft) long, asphalt. It was operated by Israel Airports Authority. In 2014 it handled 1.4 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/il-0021

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Israel Airports Authority
- Serves: Eilat, Southern District, Israel
- Opened: 1949
- Closed: 2019
- Elevation: 13 m / 42 ft
- Coordinates: 29.5599, 34.9596
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,900 m / 6,234 ft
- Passengers: 1,424,098 (2014)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Asia/Jerusalem
- Website: http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/Eilat/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilat_Airport (29 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27117
- Weather station: OJAQ · WMO 40340
- Ident: IL-0021

## Timeline

- 1949: Eilat Airport opens.
- 2019: Eilat Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,900 m / 6,234 ft | 27 m / 89 ft | Asphalt | 028° / 208° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 1,056,752 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 1,293,254 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 1,394,900 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 1,448,423 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 1,463,682 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,424,098 | Wikidata |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | INFO | 132.550 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [AQJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojaq.md) King Hussein International Airport · 8.1 km / 5.0 mi
- [TCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hetb.md) Taba International Airport · 18 km / 11 mi
- [ETM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ller.md) Ramon International Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [SKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesc.md) Saint Catherine International Airport · 131 km / 81 mi
- [LLRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llrm.md) Ramon Air Base · 138 km / 86 mi
- [OJKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jo-0002.md) King Feisal Air Base · 144 km / 89 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #11

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/il-0021/data