Английская Википедия:El Arish International Airport
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El Arish International Airport (Шаблон:Lang-ar) Шаблон:Airport codes is an airport south of El Arish, Egypt.
Location and size
The site of the airport is Шаблон:Convert in area.[1] Its terminal has the capacity for 200 passengers per hour.[1] The tarmac, which is Шаблон:Convert long, fits four aircraft.[1]
El Arish is one of the closest airports to the Gaza Strip. El Gora Airport is slightly closer, but smaller. El Arish International Airport is approximately Шаблон:Convert from the Rafah Border Crossing.[2][3]
Operations
Palestinian Airlines relocated to El Arish International Airport after Yasser Arafat International Airport was rendered non-operational when the runway was destroyed by Israeli forces in 2001.[4][5] All Palestinian Airlines flights were grounded from 2005 to 2012.[3]
In 2011 the airport served 5,991 passengers (-45.4% vs. 2010).
In May 2012, Palestinian Airlines restarted two weekly flights to Amman, with flights to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia planned to follow soon after.[3][6] The airport has been mainly used for Palestinian passengers from the Gaza Strip traveling to Saudi Arabia for hajj and umrah.[4]
Palestinian Airlines ceased operations in December 2020.[7] At the time of Palestinian Airlines' closure, its two Fokker 50 planes—both over 30 years old—operated flights between El Arish, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates.[4]
During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, the airport was used as a staging ground for medical flights to the United Arab Emirates.[8]
See also
References
Шаблон:Portalbar Шаблон:Airports in Egypt
