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Bir Gifgafa
  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: HE36
Summary
Elevation AMSL1,056 ft / 322 m
Coordinates30°24′26″N 33°9′15″E / 30.40722°N 33.15417°E / 30.40722; 33.15417
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 8,241 2,512 Asphalt

Bir Gifgafa (also Bir-Jifjafah, Meliz or Rephidim) is an airfield in the Sinai, 90 km east of the Suez Canal. During the 1960s and 1970s it played a significant role in Arab–Israeli wars, at different times serving both Egypt and Israel.

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