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LVGZ, Yasser Arafat International Airport (GZA), Rafah, Areas under the Command of the Palestinian Authority

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Yasser Arafat International Airport

Yasser Arafat International Airport (Arabic: مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي‎ Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli) (IATA: GZA, ICAO: LVGZ), formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, in Rafah close to the Egyptian border.

It is owned, and was operated, by the Palestinian Authority, and served as the home airport for Palestinian Airlines. The airport was able to handle 700,000 passengers per year and operated 24 hours and 364 days a year (closed on Yom Kippur). The airport opened in 1998, but it closed in 2001 after being severely damaged by Israeli military forces.



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