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Former Eilat Airport

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit proposedEilat, Israel

Proposed redevelopment of closed Eilat Airport (1949–2019) for hotel, housing, and public space; peer sites show similar redevelopments. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline
Retrofit in the pipelineThis site: …proposed newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Hotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel rooms and 1,000 apartments will be constructed on the site, as well as 275 dunams of public… record · all sites with this
New use
HotelThis site: Hotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: Hotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel rooms and 1,00 newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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StatusRetrofit proposednewtypes-extraction reported
StrategyRedevelopment, proposedWikipedia no source
New useshotel, housing, mixed, parkWikipedia no source
What is there nowHotels and apartment buildings, containing a total of 2,080 hotel rooms and 1,000 apartments will be constructed on the site, as well as 275 dunams of public space and pedestrian paths. The plans also set aside space for the railway line and an underground railway station.newtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 1 within 25 km: Ovda International Airport (0.2 km)computed

Summary, model-written

Former Eilat Airport (1949–2019) in Eilat, Israel, is proposed for redevelopment. It closed in 2019.

Why. Airport closed; site planned for mixed-use development.

Where it stands. Status: proposed. Plans include 2,080 hotel rooms, 1,000 apartments, 275 dunams public space/pedestrian paths, and space for railway line/station.

For a planner

  • Nearby Ovda Airport (0.2km) is partially operational.
  • Peer sites: Buttonville (closed 2023), Weiser Airpark (closed 2019), Northland Center (closed 2015) all redeveloped.

For a developer

  • New uses: hotel, housing, mixed, park.
  • Railway integration planned.
  • No timeline, ownership, or approval status provided.

What we do not know yet

  • After-notes are unverified (status: draft).
  • No details on public space design or railway operator.
  • No cost, timeline, or developer name.

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History and original facts

Opened1949newtypes-extraction
Closed2019newtypes-extraction reported
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The former Eilat Airport, closed in 2019, is planned to be redeveloped into hotels, apartments, public space, and a railway station.

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Background

Eilat ( ay-LAHT, UK also ay-LAT; Hebrew: אֵילַת [eˈlat] ; Arabic: إِيلَات, romanized: Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of 56,004, a port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan as the Gulf of Aqaba.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1949 Eilat Airport was built
  2. 1949 Opened
  3. 2019 Former Eilat Airport closed
  4. 2019 Closed

Sources

  • Eilat · CC BY-SA 4.0
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    The former Eilat Airport
    Eilat Airport was built in 1949
    The former Eilat Airport was closed on 18 March 2019

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