# Ramon International Airport (ETM / LLER)

**Ramon International Airport** (IATA: ETM, ICAO: LLER) is a large airport in Eilat, Southern District, Israel. It opened on 21 Jan 2019. It has one runway, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) long. It is operated by Israel Airports Authority. In 2020 it handled 487 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ller

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ETM / LLER
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Israel Airports Authority
- Serves: Eilat, Southern District, Israel
- Opened: 21 Jan 2019
- Elevation: 88 m / 288 ft
- Coordinates: 29.7270, 35.0141
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,600 m / 11,811 ft
- Passengers: 486,553 (2020)
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Asia/Jerusalem
- Website: https://www.iaa.gov.il/airports/ramon/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Airport (28 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896949
- Weather station: LLER
- Ident: LLER

## Timeline

- 21 Jan 2019: Ramon International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft |  |  |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 1,534,056 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 486,553 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · Israel · 254 km / 158 mi · Arkia, Israir Airlines
- [HFA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llha.md) Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport · Israel · 343 km / 213 mi · Air Haifa
- [CDG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lfpg.md) Charles de Gaulle International Airport · France · 3,475 km / 2,159 mi · Arkia

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ETM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- IZ [Arkia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arkia) · 2
- HFA [Air Haifa](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-haifa) · 1
- 6H [Israir Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/israir-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 487K (2020) | #1,124 of 3,974 | #44 in Middle East | #2 in IL |
| Longest runway | 3,600 m / 11,811 ft | =383 of 29,858 | =67 in Middle East | #2 in IL |
| Elevation | 88 m / 288 ft | =31,662 of 43,403 | =305 in Middle East | #15 in IL |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | #108 in Middle East | #14 in IL |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =72 in Middle East | =10 in IL |

## Nearby airports

- [AQJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ojaq.md) King Hussein International Airport · 13 km / 8.0 mi
- [TCP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hetb.md) Taba International Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [LLRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llrm.md) Ramon Air Base · 121 km / 75 mi
- [OJKF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/jo-0002.md) King Feisal Air Base · 129 km / 80 mi
- [SKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hesc.md) Saint Catherine International Airport · 148 km / 92 mi

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Ramon Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ramon_Airport&oldid=1372791527), revision of 2 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/ller/data