Tel Nof Airbase

Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base
Air Force Base 8
בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר תֵּל נוֹף
Rehovot, Central District in Israel
Tel Nof Airbase is located in Central Israel
Tel Nof Airbase
Tel Nof Airbase
Shown within Israel
Tel Nof Airbase is located in Israel
Tel Nof Airbase
Tel Nof Airbase
Tel Nof Airbase (Israel)
Coordinates31°50′22.10″N 34°49′18.64″E / 31.8394722°N 34.8218444°E / 31.8394722; 34.8218444
TypeAirbase
Site information
OwnerIsrael Defense Forces
OperatorIsraeli Air Force
Site history
Built1939 RAF / 1948 IAF
In use1939 - present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: LLEK
Elevation59 metres (194 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
15R/33L 2,388 metres (7,835 ft) Asphalt
15L/33R 2,387 metres (7,831 ft) Asphalt
18/36 2,750 metres (9,022 ft) Asphalt
09/27 1,830 metres (6,004 ft) Asphalt
Israeli Air Force Memorial on "Pilots' Mountain", IAF's main memorial for its fallen pilots and airmen, created in the 1950s, 25 kilometers east of Tel Nof (31°46′28″N 35°05′24″E / 31.774559°N 35.090043°E / 31.774559; 35.090043 (Israeli Air Force Memorial on "Pilots' Mountain"))

Tel Nof Airbase (Hebrew: בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר תֵּל נוֹף, English: Lookout hill) (ICAO: LLEK), also known as Air Force Base 8, is the oldest and main base of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) located 5 km south of Rehovot, Israel. Tel Nof houses two strike fighter, two helicopter and a UAV squadron. Also located on the base are the Flight Test Center Manat and several special units of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), among others Unit 669 (heliborne Combat Search and Rescue, CSAR) and the Paratroopers Brigade training center and its headquarters.