Jerusalem International Airport
Jerusalem International Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה ירושלים, Arabic: مطار القدس الدولي) (IATA: JRS, ICAO: LLJR, OJJR), (also Kalandia Airport, Qalandia Airport, and Atarot Airport) is a regional airport, currently not in use, located between Jerusalem and Ramallah. When it was opened in 1924 it was the first airport in the British Mandate for Palestine. Under the British Mandate in Palestine Cyprus Airways flew to the airport, and this continued intermittently after Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960, and Royal Jordanian and Middle East Airlines operated daily commercial flights to and from Atarot airport between 1948 and 1967 under Jordanian rule.After Israel occupied the West Bank during the Six-Day War in 1967, it came under Israeli occupation. It was annexed to Israel in 1981 under the Jerusalem Law. Arkia and El Al Israel Airlines operated daily commercial flights to and from the airport between 1967 and 2001, when the airport was closed to civilian traffic after the breakout of the Second Intifada in 2000.
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Ramallah Road Alley 120, Jerusalem Atarot industrial zone
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N 31.864722222222 ° | E 35.219166666667 ° |
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Ramallah Road Alley 120
Jerusalem, Atarot industrial zone
Jerusalem District, Israel
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