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| Elevation AMSL | 1,056 ft / 322 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°24′26″N 33°9′15″E / 30.40722°N 33.15417°E | ||||||||||
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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.