Rosh Pina Airport
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Rosh Pina Airport שדה התעופה ראש פינה مطار روش بينا |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Israel Airports Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Rosh Pina, Mahanayim | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°58′51.77″N 35°34′18.87″E / 32.9810472°N 35.5719083°E | ||||||||||||||
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 Rosh Pina Airport
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Rosh Pina Airport (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה הַתְּעוּפָה רֹאשׁ פִּינָּה, Arabic: مطار روش بينا) (IATA: RPN, ICAO: LLIB), sometimes called Mahanayim Airport due to its proximity to Mahanayim, is an Israeli airport located in Rosh Pinna, near the Safed-Hatzor-Rosh Pina Industrial Park.
The airport is 16km from Safed, 29km from Tiberias and 30km from Kiryat Shmona.
The airport was built in 1943 during the British Mandate for Palestine. Mahanayim served the British army against Vichy France in Syria. In 1948 the airport was taken over by the IAF. In the 1950s, Arkia Israel Airlines began service to the airport, working from a hut which served as a passenger terminal and air traffic control tower. By 1968, a new terminal building had been constructed and three years later, in 1971, a fire station and control tower were erected. Following increased activity, the passenger terminal was further expanded in 1994. In 2008, the airport was closed temporarily for the testing of an Elbit Systems unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
Since the beginning of the century the airport has seen a decreasing number of passengers (though this trend has stabilized since 2006). The drop off in passenger volume has been attributed to major upgrades undertaken on the road infrastructure to the northern periphery of Israel since the early 2000s, leading to a viable alternative to air service to the region. Most flights are to Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv.
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