I added this airport as it is used by CloudFlare (web infrastructure and website security company) as an indication of where their data centres are located. Additional source: https://www.feitsui.com/en/article/26 .
This airport opened in 1998 in the wake of the Oslo Peace Accords, but Israel shut it down by bombing the control tower and radar in 2001, then bulldozing the runway in 2002. The Palestinian Authority continued to staff the airport, including ticket counters, until 2006, though it was not operational. It had been the home base for Palestinian Airlines, which moved across the border to Egypt after the airport closed.
This airport was adjacent to the Israeli Gush Katif settlements in the Gaza Strip, which were evacuated in 2005 as part of the handover to the Palestinian authority. You can still see the runway in the satellite shot, though there is a building now right near one of the runway thresholds.
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re: Used by web infrastructure company CloudFlare
🔗 Tue, 13 Dec 2022
— @animebirder at Ramallah Heliport, Palestinian Territory
Reply to @anonym: Updated the location as I was able to properly pinpoint this facility on sat maps.
Used by web infrastructure company CloudFlare
🔗 Wed, 16 Feb 2022
— @anonym at Ramallah Heliport, Palestinian Territory
I added this airport as it is used by CloudFlare (web infrastructure and website security company) as an indication of where their data centres are located. Additional source: https://www.feitsui.com/en/article/26 .
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🔗 Fri, 24 Jan 2020
— @Mohsen at Gush Katif Airport, Palestinian Territory
The IATA code GHK is for Gahcho Kue Aerodrome (IATA: GHK, TC LID: CGK2) in Canada.
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🔗 Fri, 24 Jan 2020
— @Mohsen at Gush Katif Airport, Palestinian Territory
No IATA code for this Airport
Not open for long
🔗 Tue, 19 Feb 2008
— @david at Yasser Arafat International Airport, Palestinian Territory
This airport opened in 1998 in the wake of the Oslo Peace Accords, but Israel shut it down by bombing the control tower and radar in 2001, then bulldozing the runway in 2002. The Palestinian Authority continued to staff the airport, including ticket counters, until 2006, though it was not operational. It had been the home base for Palestinian Airlines, which moved across the border to Egypt after the airport closed.
Probably closed
🔗 Tue, 19 Feb 2008
— @david at Gush Katif Airport, Palestinian Territory
This airport was adjacent to the Israeli Gush Katif settlements in the Gaza Strip, which were evacuated in 2005 as part of the handover to the Palestinian authority. You can still see the runway in the satellite shot, though there is a building now right near one of the runway thresholds.
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