# Yasser Arafat International Airport, Gaza, Palestinian Territory

**Yasser Arafat International Airport** was an airport in Gaza, Rafah Governorate, Palestinian Territory. It opened on 24 Nov 1998. It closed on 8 Oct 2000. It was operated by Palestine.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ps-0006

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Palestine
- Serves: Gaza, Rafah Governorate, Palestinian Territory
- Opened: 24 Nov 1998
- Closed: 8 Oct 2000
- Elevation: 98 m / 320 ft
- Coordinates: 31.2464, 34.2761
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Asia/Gaza
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasser_Arafat_International_Airport (31 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063604
- Weather station: LLBS
- Ident: PS-0006

## Timeline

- 24 Nov 1998: Yasser Arafat International Airport opens.
- 8 Oct 2000: Yasser Arafat International Airport closes.

## Nearby airports

- [EGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hegr.md) El Jora Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [AAC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/hear.md) El Arish International Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [LLRM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llrm.md) Ramon Air Base · 64 km / 40 mi
- [VTM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llnv.md) Nevatim Air Base · 70 km / 44 mi
- [LLEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llek.md) Tel Nof Air Base · 84 km / 52 mi
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · 103 km / 64 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #8

## 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/ps-0006/data