# Jerusalem International Airport, Jerusalem, Israel

**Jerusalem International Airport** was an airport in Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel. It opened in 1920. It closed in Oct 2000. It had one runway, 1,965 m (6,447 ft) long, asphalt. It was operated by Israel Defense Forces.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/il-0023

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Israel Defense Forces
- Serves: Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
- Opened: 1920
- Closed: Oct 2000
- Elevation: 757 m / 2,485 ft
- Coordinates: 31.8665, 35.2172
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,965 m / 6,447 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Asia/Jerusalem
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_International_Airport (32 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q573379
- Weather station: LLBG · WMO 40180
- Ident: IL-0023

## Timeline

- 1920: Jerusalem International Airport opens.
- Oct 2000: Jerusalem International Airport closes.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,965 m / 6,447 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | yes |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 132.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [LLEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llek.md) Tel Nof Air Base · 37 km / 23 mi
- [MTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llmz.md) Bar Yehuda Airfield · 62 km / 39 mi
- [ADJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojam.md) Marka International (Amman Civil) Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [AMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojai.md) Queen Alia International Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [VTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llnv.md) Nevatim Air Base · 76 km / 47 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #7

## 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-0023/data