Hatzor Airbase

Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base
Air Wing 4
בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר חָצוֹר
Hatzor, Southern District in Israel
Hatzor Airbase is located in Ashkelon region of Israel
Hatzor Airbase
Hatzor Airbase
Shown within Israel
Hatzor Airbase is located in Israel
Hatzor Airbase
Hatzor Airbase
Hatzor Airbase (Israel)
Coordinates31°45′45.00″N 34°43′38.00″E / 31.7625000°N 34.7272222°E / 31.7625000; 34.7272222
TypeAirbase
Site information
OwnerIsrael Defense Forces
OperatorIsraeli Air Force
Site history
Built1942 RAF / 1948 IAF
In use1942 – present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: LLHS
Elevation45 metres (148 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
05/23 2,409 metres (7,904 ft) Asphalt
11R/29L 2,451 metres (8,041 ft) Asphalt
11L/29R 2,440 metres (8,005 ft) Asphalt
Israeli fighter pilot Amos Lapidot, later commander of the IAF, prepares for a mission in a Dassault Ouragan jet at Hatzor Airbase in July 1956

Hatzor Airbase (Hebrew: בָּסִיס חֵיל-הַאֲוִויר חָצוֹר) (ICAO: LLHS), also titled Kanaf 4 (lit. Wing 4) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located in central Israel near kibbutz Hatzor after which it is named. However, there have been no fighter jets stationed there since 2021, only patrol aircraft, UAVs and defense missiles. A Combined Operations Center for the US military and Israel has also been built there.[1]

  1. ^ "US-Israeli combined operations center being built at IAF's Hatzor base". Israel Defense. 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2023-09-26.