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Name
Ramon Air Base
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
LLRM / MIP / LLRM
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
2:31 pm (EET)
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Municipality
Beersheba
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Coordinates
30° 46′ 33″ N 34° 40′ 0″ E
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Elevation
2’126 ft (648 m MSL)
About Ramon Air Base
Ramon Airbase (Hebrew: בסיס חיל-האוויר רמון (ICAO: LLRM), Basis Hayil-HaAvir Ramon, lit. Ramon Air Force Base) is an Israeli Air Force (IAF) base in the Negev desert, 50 km south of Beersheba and 20 km northwest of the town Mitzpe Ramon. The base and the town got their names from the huge "erosion crater" Makhtesh Ramon south of it. The base is also titled Kanaf 25 (Hebrew: כנף 25, lit. Wing 25), it was formerly known as Matred.
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