Ben Ya'akov Airport / IAF Mahanayim (Ma'Hanaim) Auxiliary Airfield

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IATA: RPN, ICAO: LLIB
Officially known as Rosh Pina Airport.

IAF Mahanayim (Ma'Hanaim)Auxiliary Airfield
(Shachar 24).
Former RAF landing ground, later Galilee Squadron base for a short while in 1948. Also known as Machanaim and "Ben Yaakov Airport". Located in north east Israel, east of Rosh Pina, about 25 km north of the Sea of Tiberias, (Lake Kineret). Currently a civil airfield and light aircraft/helicopter wartime forward operating base. Nominated as a Forward Area Refuelling Point (FARP) for the eastern sector

www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-mideast/israel/af/israel-af... to Lebanon. Main air connection to Northern Command HQ at Safed (Rosh Pina).

Official website:
www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/RoshPina (English)
www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/he-IL/Airports/RoshPina (Hebrew)
www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/ar/Airports/RoshPina (Arabic)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Ya'akov_Airport
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Coordinates:   32°58'53"N   35°34'15"E
This article was last modified 3 years ago