Bar Yehuda Airfield
Masada, Israel

Bar Yehuda Airfield
World's lowest airport, beside the Dead Sea.
- ›Holds the record as the lowest airport in the world at approximately 1,240 feet (378 meters) below sea level.
- ›Located adjacent to the Dead Sea, the lowest body of water on Earth.
- ›Named after Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (Bar Yehuda), the second President of Israel.
- ›Primarily serves general aviation and tourism-related traffic to Masada and the Dead Sea.
- ›The extreme below-sea-level altitude affects aircraft engine and lift performance.
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Bar Yehuda Airfield, named after Yisrael Bar-Yehuda, is a small desert airfield located in the southern Judean desert, between Arad and Ein Gedi, west of the Dead Sea. Opened in 1963, it is just 4.2 kilometres from the Masada fortress access and about one hour and a half drive from Jerusalem. The airfield is a public concession, mainly used as an alternate airport, and for charter and sightseeing flights.
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