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 moshavNevatim in the northern Negev desert. It is one of the largest in Israel and has 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 (see: Units).

The airbase was long considered for dual use – military and civilian – as an airport for the growing city of Beersheba. But in February 2026, the Israeli government decided to build a new major airport on the opposite side of the city (see: International Airport).