Atarot airport
| Jerusalem Atarot Airport שדה התעופה עטרות |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | OJJR / LLJR |
| IATA code | JRS |
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| Height above MSL | 757 m (2484 ft )
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| Start-and runway | |
| 12/30 | 1965 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Atarot Airport (also Qalandia airport , Kalandia Airport or Jerusalem Airport named) operated from 1920 to 2001, the city of Jerusalem . It is located north of the city on the way to Ramallah near the village of Qalandia and is part of the east of the city annexed by Israel in 1967 .
history
The airport was named after a neighboring former Jewish settlement that was built in 1914 and was itself named after a biblical place in the area (Joshua 16: 2). The settlement of Atarot was conquered by the Arab Legion during the 1948 Palestine War. Before Ben Gurion Airport was built in Lod , the airport built by the British was the only one in Palestine. Under Jordanian administration, it was the international airport for East Jerusalem from 1948 to 1967, when it was taken over by the Israelis it became a purely domestic airport. The airport operated domestic flights to Eilat and Haifa until the second Intifada . Other planes were diverted here during strikes at Tel Aviv Airport. With the beginning of the second Intifada it had to be closed because it is surrounded by Palestinian settlement areas. There was a risk that Israeli civil aircraft could be shot at from these villages. In addition, the runway is within easy reach of stones.
To this day, the airport is orphaned and its future is uncertain. The Palestinians claim the airport as the future gateway to the world for the East Jerusalem they claim . The airport is identified with two different ICAO codes, where LL stands for an airport in Israel and OJ for an airport in Jordan.
The large industrial area of Atarot extends just south of the airport. In the north, the Israeli security fence seals off the area towards Ramallah. In the east, at the level of the runway, is the Kalandia crossing, next to it are the large Palestinian refugee camp Kalandia and the city of Al-Ram.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land, Jerusalem, 3rd Edition 1993, pp. 85f, ISBN 965-220-186-3
