LLNV
Nevatim Air Base
VFR
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Name
Nevatim Air Base
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
LLNV / VTM / LLNV
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:37 am (EET)
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Municipality
Beersheba
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Coordinates
31° 12′ 29″ N 35° 0′ 44″ E
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Elevation
1’393 ft (425 m MSL)
About Nevatim Air Base
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 moshav Nevatim in the 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 so-called Israeli Air Force One, are stationed there.