Bir Gifgafa Airfield

Bir Gifgafa
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 Jifjafa, 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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