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Ovda Airport
Airport Directory » Israel » Ovda » Ovda AirportAirport information for Ovda AirportCountry: IsraelLocation: Ovda Coordinates: 29.56.00N / 034.56.00E IATA Code: VDA Timezone: GMT +2 Direct flights form Ovda Airport Direct flights to Ovda Airport Find connecting flights to Ovda Airport Find connecting flights from Ovda Airport |
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Ovda Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה עובדה, Nemal HaTe'ufa Uvda) (IATA: VDA, ICAO: LLOV), is Israel's 2nd international airport, turn up in the southward of the commonwealth approximately 60 kilometre (40 land mile) northward of the town of Eilat. Ovda was originally constructed as a armed forces airport in 1980 coming after Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula as division of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty because the Israeli Air Force take alternative landing field to its Sinai ground. Nowadays, the airport also assists as the destination for many commercial voyages to Eilat, particularly for big airplanes which is able to use the shorter landing track at Eilat Airport, although it is still owned by the air pressure. The airport is anticipated to stop civilian functioning by 2010 when Eilat's new international airport should get operational.
History
Early history
Ovda Airport set about as an airbase for the Israeli Air Force, build by the United States as a replacing for Etzion Airbase. It opened in 1981. The Israeli Airports Authority set about functioning from Ovda Air Force Base in 1982, after the signing of the pacification with Egypt. Previously all charter voyages from Europe had district at Etzion, even so this was 1 of 3 airports in the Sinai that were handed over to Egypt as division of the Camp David Accords. A civilian depot was built at the airport which dealt direct charter voyages from Europe.
Recent history
In 1988 a determination was do that international voyages taking holidaymakers to Eilat would district at Ovda, or else of at Eilat. This let the functioning of big, widebody aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, which is able to function from Eilat Airport. Since then, most international voyages district at Ovda or else of Eilat. The landing track at Ovda also lets long bush voyages to start for anybody European destination without the take to refuel.
Today, the airport sees regular scheduled domestic services functioned by Israir, Arkia Israel Airlines, and El Al Israel Airlines as good as regular charter services from across Europe. In 2005, the airport had 746 international aircraft motions and 82,479 international rider motilities.
On January 1, the airport was closed to bring down traffic during night until further detect by the Ministry of Transport, due to the deteriorating status of its landing track. As such, there is now no alternative districting strip in Israel during nighttime clip to the Ben Gurion International Airport for big aircraft, that shall be pressured to wing to Cyprus in example the Ben Gurion landing track is able to accept the districting.
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