Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 200 ft / 61 m 7,800 2,377 Elevation 61 m | Location Afula 09/27 7,800 Address Israel | |
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Operator Jezreel Valley Regional Council Similar Megido Junction, Giv'at Hah Park, Kalaniyot Junction, משטרת נהלל ההיסטורית, Koresh | ||
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Megiddo Airport (Hebrew: מנחת מגידו) (IATA: N/A, ICAO: LLMG), known as Shachar 7 by the Israel Defense Forces, is an Israeli airport located in the Jezreel Valley near Megiddo and 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Afula. Opened in 1942. Served as an auxiliary field to Ramat David. It currently handles private and agricultural flights. It formerly served as an Israeli Air Force base and was decommissioned in the mid-1980s.
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On October 11, 1989, a Syrian MiG-23MLD defected to Israel, landing at Meggido. The aircraft was afterwards flown by IAF's Flight Test Center and is now on display in the IAF museum in Hatzerim.
In April 2006, Jezreel Valley Regional Council announced that an international airport will be constructed in Megiddo in cooperation with a number of authorities. The new airport is located on a 400 dunam (400,000 m², 100 acres) site and construction is to cost $35 million. Officials report that the airport will undoubtedly increase tourism to the Jezreel Valley and surrounding areas.