# Former Eilat Airport

Eilat, Israel · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-7f8c397dc9` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/israel/eilat-former-eilat-airport/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-7f8c397dc9.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-7f8c397dc9.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-7f8c397dc9

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | proposed | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | hotel, housing, mixed, park | none |
| What is there now | Hotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel rooms and 1,000 apartments will be constructed on the site, as well as 275 dunams of public space and pedestrian paths. The plans also set aside space for the railway line and an underground railway station. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1949 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2019 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Timeline

- 1949: Eilat Airport was built
- 1949: Opened
- 2019: Former Eilat Airport closed
- 2019: Closed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Eilat ( ay-LAHT, UK also  ay-LAT; Hebrew: אֵילַת [eˈlat] ; Arabic: إِيلَات, romanized: Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of 56,004, a port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan as the Gulf of Aqaba.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilat

## Sources

- Eilat — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilat

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Former Eilat Airport, Eilat, Israel." Record n-7f8c397dc9, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/israel/eilat-former-eilat-airport/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_eilatformereilatairport,
  title = {Former Eilat Airport, Eilat, Israel},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/israel/eilat-former-eilat-airport/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-7f8c397dc9, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.