Nevatim Airbase

Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base
Air Force Base 28
בסיס נבטים
Nevatim, Southern District in Israel
Nevatim Airbase is located in Northern Negev region of Israel
Nevatim Airbase
Nevatim Airbase
Shown within Israel
Nevatim Airbase is located in Israel
Nevatim Airbase
Nevatim Airbase
Nevatim Airbase (Israel)
Coordinates31°12′30.05″N 35°00′44.28″E / 31.2083472°N 35.0123000°E / 31.2083472; 35.0123000
TypeAirbase
Site information
OwnerIsrael Defense Forces
OperatorIsraeli Air Force
Site history
Built1947 (1947) & 1983
In use1947 – 1948, 1983 – present
Airfield information
IdentifiersIATA: VTM, ICAO: LLNV
Elevation424 metres (1,391 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
08L/26R 2,600 metres (8,530 ft) Asphalt
08R/26L 3,350 metres (10,991 ft) Asphalt
07/25 3,900 metres (12,795 ft) Asphalt
A Dassault Mystère IV jet near the east entrance of Nevatim Airbase (31°12′28″N 35°03′01″E / 31.207875°N 35.050282°E / 31.207875; 35.050282 (Dassault Mystère IV at Nevatim Airbase))

Nevatim Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס נבטים, English: sprouts) (IATA: VTM, ICAO: LLNV), also Air Force Base 28, is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base, located 15 km east-southeast of Beersheba, near moshav Nevatim in the Negev desert. It is one of the largest in Israel and had three runways of different lengths. Stealth fighter jets, transport aircraft, tanker aircraft and machines for electronic reconnaissance/surveillance, as well as the Wing of Zion, are stationed there.