Atarot Airport
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Jerusalem International Airport נמל התעופה ירושלים مطار القدس الدولي |
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Atarot Airport, 1969
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| Airport type | Military (and formerly: joint Public) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Israel Defense Forces | ||||||||||
| Location | Jerusalem | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1920 | ||||||||||
| Closed | October 2000 (closed to civilian traffic) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,485 ft / 757 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°51′53″N 35°13′09″E / 31.86472°N 35.21917°ECoordinates: 31°51′53″N 35°13′09″E / 31.86472°N 35.21917°E | ||||||||||
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 LLJR
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Atarot Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה ירושלים, Arabic: مطار القدس الدولي) (IATA: JRS, ICAO: LLJR, OJJR), (also Kalandia Airport, Qalandia Airport, and Jerusalem Airport) is a small airport, currently not in use, located between Jerusalem and Ramallah. When it was opened in 1920 it was the first airport in the British Mandate for Palestine.
Royal Jordanian and Middle East Airlines were known to operate daily commercial flights to and from Atarot airport before 1967 under the Jordanian occupation. After Israel regained control of the airport in 1967, Arkia and Aeroflot operated daily commercial flights to and from the airport between 1967 and 2001, when the airport was closed to the civilian traffic after the breakout of the Second Intifada in 2001.
From 1920 until 1930, the airfield in Kalandia was the only airport in the British Mandate for Palestine. It was used by the British military authorities and prominent guests bound for Jerusalem. In 1931, the Mandatory government expropriated land from the Jewish village of Atarot to expand the airfield, in the process demolishing homes and uprooting fruit orchards. In 1936, the airport was opened for regular flights. The village of Atarot was captured and destroyed by the Jordanian Arab Legion during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
From 1948 to the Six Day War in June 1967, the airport was under Jordanian control, designated OJJR. Following the Six Day War, the Jerusalem airport was incorporated into the Jerusalem city municipal area and was designated LLJR.
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