The airport in Eilat is the second largest airport in Israel, located in the south of the country in the center of the city of Eilat of the same name. The runway of the airline, with a length of 1, 9 km, is reinforced with an asphalt pavement and can not accommodate all types of aircraft. The main activity of the airline is aimed at servicing passenger traffic within the country. From here there are regular flights to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Sde Dov. At the same time, the air harbor receives and dispatches international small-type aircraft. The main air carriers of the airport in Eilat are the Israeli airlines Arkia, El Al, IsraAir, which operate domestic flights. The airport handles over a million passengers a year.
History
The airport in Eilat was founded in 1949, completely from scratch, when Eilat was still a small village. In the first post-war years, the activities of the airport were aimed at establishing air lines connecting it with other settlements in Israel, primarily with its capital, Tel Aviv.
At the same time, regular flights began from the airport in Eilat to Lod airport. Until the beginning of the 50s, the main air carriers were Aviron and Ilta, and since 1950, the Israeli airline Arkia began to carry out all regular passenger traffic.
The dawn of the airline came in the 60s, when, after a large-scale reconstruction of the runway and the passenger terminal, the geography of flights expanded and the flow of passengers increased.
In 1969, the airport's runway was extended. And in 1975 the airport received the first international flight from Denmark, operated by Sterling Airlines. Since that time, international flights to Eilat have become regular.
Services
Eilat Airport is quite compact with a convenient navigation system. All conditions for comfortable passenger service have been created here. Provided voice and visual information about the movement of aircraft, signposts and information announcements in two languages. There are information desks, including those in Russian.
On the territory of the passenger terminal, comfortable waiting rooms, a hotel, a cafe, a restaurant, many boutiques with cosmetics and souvenirs, wine shops and grocery stores are open.
Transport
From the airport in Eilat, a regular bus runs regularly, the route of which passes through the central streets of the city. Many hotels organize transfers to take tourists directly to their holiday destination. In addition, you can order a taxi, car order counters are located in the building of the passenger terminal.
