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Yasser Arafat International Airport

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broke out in September 2000, leading to the closure of the airport the following month. Israel alternated between reopening and shutting down the airport over the next several months before finally prohibiting all commercial air traffic on 13 February 2001; from then on, only Arafat's private
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flight to Amman on 5 December 1998. Over the following year, the airport received 90,000 passengers and processed more than 100 tons of cargo. By mid-2000, a handful of foreign carriers, including Royal Air Maroc and Egyptair, had introduced flights to Gaza as well.
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The airport was operated by the Palestinian Civil Aviation Authority and Israeli government. It was able to handle 700,000 passengers per year, and its total area was 450 hectares (1,100 acres). The airfield served as the base of
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aircraft were allowed to use the airfield. Airstrikes destroyed the radar station and control tower on 4 December 2001 and bulldozers cut the runway on 10 January 2002. Its destruction left
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in Egypt. From 2001 to 2006, airport personnel still staffed the ticket counters and baggage areas, though no aircraft flew into or out of the airport during that period.
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in June 2007. Since March 2006, no discussions have taken place between Israel and the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, including in relation to the airport.
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as the only serviceable runway in Gaza, until it was abandoned in 2004. The closest public airports in the area are
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border. The facility opened on 24 November 1998, and all passenger flights ceased in February 2001, during the
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Trounson, Rebecca (19 November 1998). "Palestinians Gear Up for Opening of Gaza Airport".
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Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
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Agreed documents by Israel and Palestinians on Movement and Access from and to Gaza
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Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
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Since its closure, thieves stripped all valuable equipment including radar.
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Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians
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The first commercial flight to depart from the Gaza airport was a
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Societal breakdown in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war
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For the pre-World War II international airport in Gaza, see
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Palestinian Civil Aviation Authority and Israeli government
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Martin, Susan Taylor (25 November 2001). "A Day in Gaza".
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and all dialogue with the Hamas PA government ceased. The
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Archaeological sites destroyed during the Gaza genocide
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Hamas formed the Government in the Palestinian Authority
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The construction of the airport was provided for in the
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Palestinians cheer airport as first step to statehood,
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Territory acquired during Israel's war of independence
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of 1995. It was built with funding from Japan, Egypt,
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Index

Yaser Arafat International Airport
RAF Gaza

IATA
ICAO
Gaza Strip
AMSL
Coordinates
31°14′47″N 34°16′34″E / 31.24639°N 34.27611°E / 31.24639; 34.27611
Runways
Direction
Asphalt
Arabic
IATA
ICAO
Gaza Strip
Rafah
Dahaniya
Egyptian
Second Intifada
Palestinian Airlines
Oslo II Agreement
Saudi Arabia
Moroccan
Casablanca airport
King Hassan II
Yasser Arafat
Bill Clinton
Palestinian Airlines
Second Intifada

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