Sde Dov Airport

Sde Dov Airport שדה דב‎ مطار سدي دوف
Sde Dov Airport and Reading Power Station
IATA: SDV ICAO: LLSD
Summary
Airport type	Defunct
Operator	Israel Airports Authority
Serves	Tel Aviv
Location	Tel Aviv, Israel
Opened	23 September 1938 (1938-09-23)
Closed	30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)
Elevation AMSL	42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates	32°6′38.99″N 34°46′46.01″E / 32.1108306°N 34.7794472°E / 32.1108306; 34.7794472
Website	www.iaa.gov.il
Map
SDV
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 5,712 1,741 Asphalt (Closed)
Statistics (2007)
Total Passenger Movements 703,649 Total Aircraft Movements 36,427

Sde Dov Airport (Hebrew: שְׂדֵה דֹּב, lit. Dov Field, Arabic: مطار سدي دوف), also known as Dov Hoz Airport (Hebrew: נמל התעופה דב הוז, Nemal HaTe'ufa Dov Hoz, Arabic: مطار دوف هوز) (IATA: SDV, ICAO: LLSD) was an airport in Tel Aviv, Israel that mainly handled scheduled domestic flights to Eilat, northern Israel (Haifa, the Galilee, and the Golan Heights),^[1] as well as having served as a base for the Israeli Air Force (IAF). It was the largest airport in Tel Aviv proper, and the second largest in the area, after Ben Gurion Airport on the outskirts of Lod. The airport opened in 1938 and was named after Dov Hoz, one of the pioneers of Jewish aviation. It ceased operations on 30 June 2019 after a controversial, long-delayed plan came into effect to close the airport in order to build high-end residential apartments on its valuable beachfront property.^[2][3] Commercial flights were moved to Ben Gurion Airport and military flights were moved to other IAF bases.^[4] The airport was a focus city for Arkia Israel Airlines and Israir Airlines.