Rosh Pina Airport

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The Rosh Pina Airport ( IATA code RPN, ICAO code LLIB, Ben Ya'akov Airport, occasionally Mahanayim Airfield named because of its proximity to Mahanaim ) is a small commercial and military airfield in the Israeli Rosh Pina. It is operated by the Israel Airports Authority. In addition to military use of the airport handles from some domestic flights.

Located at Mahanaim airport was built between 1943 and 1945 as a British military airfield during the Second World War. After the establishment of Israel, the airport was handed over to the Israeli military. From the 1950s, the airport was first used for civilian purposes, as Arkia resumed flight operations to Rosh Pina. While initially were still provisional passenger facilities, has the airport from 1968 on a real passenger terminal. 1971 also followed the inauguration of a control tower and a fire station at the airport. Because of the increasing number of passengers and the first signs of wear on this terminal was modernized and extended in 1994. Since the 1990s, however, a steady downward trend in passenger numbers is emerging. Were 1999 or 168 915 passengers greeted at the airport, this number fell to just 20,000 in 2008.

Currently Arkia regularly flies to Tel Aviv as well as occasionally in the charter to Eilat and other destinations.