El Arish International Airport ( ar, مطار العريش الدولي) is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

near

El Arish ʻArish or el-ʻArīsh ( ar, العريش ' , ''Hrinokorura'') is the capital and largest city (with 164,830 inhabitants ) of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt, as well as the largest city on the entire Sinai Peninsula, lying on the Medite ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. In 2011 the airport served 5,991 passengers (-45.4% vs. 2010).

Operations

The airport was the home base of

Palestinian Airlines Palestinian Airlines was an airline headquartered in Gaza, State of Palestinepalairlines.net - Conta ...

which ceased operations in December 2020.ch-aviation.com - Palestinian Airlines goes into liquidation
30 December 2020 In May 2012, the company restarted two-weekly flights to Amman, with flights to

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's promi ...

to follow soon. It is one of the closest airports to the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...

; El Gora Airport is slightly closer but has no scheduled air service.

Palestinian Airlines Palestinian Airlines was an airline headquartered in Gaza, State of Palestinepalairlines.net - Conta ...

relocated to El Arish International Airport after

Yasser Arafat International Airport Yasser Arafat International Airport ( ar, مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي ''Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli'') , formerly Gaza International Airport and Dahaniya International Airport, is located in the Gaza Strip, between Rafah and ...

was rendered non-operational when the runway was destroyed by

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i forces in 2001. The airport has been mainly used for Palestinian passengers from the

traveling to

for the annual

Hajj The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...

Muslim pilgrimage.

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* * Defunct airports in Egypt Airports in Egypt North Sinai Governorate {{Egypt-airport-stub

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