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Gush Katif Airport (ICAO: LLAZ)[1] was a small airfield in the Gaza Strip approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Khan Yunis, and adjacent to the UNRWA Khan Younis refugee camp. It was immediately west of the former Israeli settlement of Ganei Tal, and named after the former Israeli settlement area of Gush Katif. Following the destruction of the Yasser Arafat International Airport it was briefly the only usable runway in the Gaza Strip, but in 2004 it was abandoned, and was overbuilt by 2015.

Gush Katif Airport
  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: LLAZ
Summary
OwnerNone
OperatorNone
ServesGush Katif
LocationKhan Younis, Gaza Strip
Elevation AMSL107 ft / 33 m
Coordinates31°22′03″N 34°17′41″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 2,625 800 Asphalt
Abandoned and overbuilt following evacuation of the Gush Katif area in 2004

History


The airstrip should not be confused with RAF Gaza, which was in the vicinity of the present day Karni Crossing.

After the 1948 Palestinian exodus, 35,000 refugees took shelter in a camp to the south of the present day airfield. This has become the UNRWA Khan Younis camp.

As part of the unilateral disengagement of Israel from Gaza, Israeli settlers were evicted from the Gush Katif area in 2005. In 2004, the airfield was in a good state of repair. The runway was kept clear, and runway markings were maintained. Following the handover to the Palestinian authorities along with the rest of Gush Katif, the airstrip was no longer maintained. It became partially covered by sand and reduced from a width of 75 feet (23 m) to approximately 30 feet (9.1 m) of usable tarmac, and the 225 feet (69 m) overrun and backtracking loop at the northwest end became blocked with sand.


Present day


The UNRWA Khan Younis refugee camp is adjacent to and south of the former airstrip, and the UNRWA Khan Younis Vocational Training Centre, built in 2007, is immediately south of the runway. The camp houses over 68,000 refugees.[2] In 2010 the main 2,625 feet (800 m) runway was still sufficiently clear to be used, due to its use as an access road for UNRWA Khan Younis.

By 2014, it was clear from aerial imagery that expansion of UNRWA Khan Younis, including a sewage treatment plant constructed on the former runway threshold, made it entirely unusable.


References


  1. "LLAZ.OLD". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=81 UNRWA - Khan Younis refugee camp

На других языках


- [en] Gush Katif Airport

[fr] Aéroport de Gush Katif

L'aéroport de Gush Katif (code OACI : LLAZ) [1] est un ancien petit aérodrome de la bande de Gaza à environ 3,2 km au nord de la ville de Khan Yunis et à côté du camp de réfugiés de l'UNRWA à Khan Younès. Il était à l'ouest de l'ancienne colonie israélienne de Ganei Tal, et nommé d'après l'ancienne zone d'implantation israélienne de Gush Katif . Après la destruction de l'aéroport international Yasser Arafat, elle a été brièvement la seule piste utilisable dans la bande de Gaza, mais en 2004, elle a été abandonnée et a été surconstruite en 2015.

[it] Aeroporto di Gaza-Katif

L'Aeroporto di Gaza-Katif (IATA: GHK, ICAO: LLAZ), precedentemente noto con il nome ebraico di Aeroporto di Gush Katif dal nome del vicino insediamento israeliano di Gush Katif (demolito nel 2005), è un piccolo aeroporto palestinese situato a 2 km a nord della città di Khan Yunis nella Striscia di Gaza.



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