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Airport information for Haifa Airport Country: Israel Location: Haifa Coordinates: 32.48.00N / 035.03.00E IATA Code: HFA Timezone: GMT +2 Direct flights form Haifa Airport Direct flights to Haifa Airport Find connecting flights to Haifa Airport Find connecting flights from Haifa Airport

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Haifa International Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה חיפה‎, Namal HaTe'ufa Haifa, also known as U Michaeli Airport) (IATA: HFA, ICAO: LLHA) is an Israeli airport turn up in Haifa. It is turn up to the east of the town, close to Kishon Port and Israel Shipyards and principally assists civilian voyages, with some armed forces utilisation. Most rider voyages passing through the airport are domestic functioning to Eilat and Tel Aviv and international voyages to Jordan, Cyprus and Turkey. The airport is named after Uri Michaeli, 1 of the open up of Jewish air power and 1 of the establishers of air power in Israel. The airport has 1 landing track, and there are architectural plans to spread out it onto repossessed district in the Gulf of Haifa.

History

Haifa Airport was constituted by the British Mandate in 1934, as its 1st international airport, originally assisting the British Army and the Iraqi-British oil corporation, APS. In 1936 rider services to Beirut and Cyprus were opened, and in 1938 a regular path to Italy set about. In 1938 a 3rd of voyages into Palestine district in Haifa but in 1940, polite voyages were halt due to the Second World War in which the airport assisted the Royal Air Force's functioning in the Middle East as RAF Haifa.

The airport reopened for rider traffic in 1948 with voyages functioned by Cyprus Airways. This was come after 10 yr afterwards by Arkia Israel Airlines voyages. It wasn't until 1994, nevertheless, that the airport had international position, and at this clip, it was be after that the airport would assist voyages to destinations across Europe. Less than a yr after, the airport was location for sale. At this clip, great involvement in the location was presented by the French building group, Bouygues as good as British Aerospace Industries.

These anticipated services ne'er in fact start yet, and it wasn't until 1996, and the start out of Israir voyages, that the airport turned. This development was further increased in 1998 with Aeroel service. Royal Wings increased path offers again with voyages from Jordan, whilst Scorpio set about voyages to Egypt. In 1998, a new depot was opened at the airport to provide for all of the services take in a modern international airport. In the past there were 3 takeoff and districting landing track in the airport, of which only 2 still be, and only 1 is now in use.

In 2001, talk over spreading out the airport resumed when then Finance Minister, Silvan Shalom called for an 800 million NIS upgrade to change state the airport into 1 of an international standard.

The airport currently

As division of the subsequently stages of the Haifa Seaport enlargement programme, there are programs to greatly continue the distance of the airport's landing track (onto repossessed district in Haifa Bay), allowing for long-haul narrow-body aircraft functioning.

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