List of IAF Airbases

The Following Lists Include all the Current and Former IAF Airbases.

* Mahanayim Airbase
* Ramat David Airbase
* Lod Airbase
* Atarot Airbase
* Palmachim Airbase
* Tel-Nof Airbase
* Hatzor Airbase
* Wing 2
* Hatzerim Airbase
* Nevatim Airbase
* Ramon Airbase
* Ovda Airbase

### Reserve Airbases

A reserve airbase is an airbase where a flight squadron is not permanently housed, but a rotation is made between different squadrons, each of which in turn sends several aircraft (or the entire squadron) to stay for a fixed period of time at the same base. During wartime, squadrons are also deployed to various bases, according to war and logistical needs.

The airbase used as a reserve airbase is:

* Ovda Airbase, which also serves as the Air Force's advanced training center, and many squadrons deploy to it throughout the year for special training.
* Haifa Airbase
* Ein Shemer Airfield, Currently Only Used to Test UAVs for the IAF

### Closed Airbases

Over the years, the Air Force has used various airbases, including those occupied during the various wars, and even those established independently, And Over the years, many of those airbases closed and then reopened.

With the evacuation of Sinai, a couple of Air Force air bases were closed, and in their place, with the help of American funding, the Nevatim, Ramon and Ovda airbases were established.

#### Airbases Evacuated during the Withdrawal from Sinai

* Rafidim Airbase
* Al-Arish Airbase
* Bir Thamda Airbase
* Sde Ofir Airbase
* Etzion Airbase
* Eitam Airbase

#### Other Airbases Evacuated during the Withdrawal from the Sinai

The following is a list of airbases and "field airbases" in the Sinai area that were operated by the Israeli Air Force (also across the Suez Canal), evacuated and returned to Egypt:

* Nahshon Airbase
* A-Tor Airbase
* Abu Rudes Airbase
* Baluza Airbase
* Kasperit Airbase
* Mitla Airbase
* Ras Sudar Airbase
* Shalufa Airbase

#### Other Closed Airbases

The Following is a list of Airbases that were Closed, which were not in the Sinai:

* Herzliya Airbase
* Alon Airbase
* Sde Dov Airbase

### Possible Future Airbases

The Following is a list of airbases which might exist in the Future, as seen by the 2020 Plans of the Government to Establish/repurpose possible new Airports and/or Possible Airbases:

* Muqeibila Airfield, Between Jenin & Afula
* Be'it Daras Airfield, Near Kiryat Malakhi and Hatzor Airbase
* Betzet Airfield, South of Rosh Ha'Nikra & The Lebanese Border
* St. Jean Airfield/Akko Airfield, East of Akko
* Khan Yunis Airfield, In the Western outskirts of Khan Yunis
* Gaza Rafah Airport, Former Airport that was Destroyed, Closed, and now Under Repairs, Southeast of Rafah
* Ramon International Airport, North of Eilat
* Herzliya Airport, Former IAF Airbase, In the Northern Outskirts of Herzliya
* Meytar Airfield, Deep in the Negev, Southeast of Mitzpe Ramon
* Tziklon Airfield, Between Akko & Karmiel
* Ein Vered Airfield, North of Tira
* Hatzerim Airfield, Just North of Hatzerim Airbase
* Nitzana Airfield/Ktziot Airfield, East of Nitzana and the Egyptian Border
* Dimona Airfield, in the Southern Outskirts of Dimona
* Mitzpe Ramon Airfiled, North of Mitzpe Ramon
* Yotvata Airfield, East of Yotvata and West of the Jordanian Border
* Sapir Airfield, East of Sapir and West of the Jordanian Border
* Arad Airfield, Southwest of Arad
* Bar Yehuda Airfield, Between Masada National Park/Mountain and the Dead Sea
* Ha'Bonim Airfield, Between Ceasarea and Atlit
* Tnuvot Ondro Airfield, Between Netanya and Tulkarem
* Kiryat Shmona Airfield, In the Eastern Outskirts of Kiryat Shmona
* Megiddo Airfield, West of Afula
* Rishon Le'Zion Airfield, In the Southwestern Outskirts of Rishon Le'Zion
* Be'er-Sheva Airfield/Teyman Airfield, Northwest of Be'er-Sheva
* Fik Airfield, East of the Kinneret Sea, in the Southern Golan