Nevatim Airbase

Nevatim Israeli Air Force Base Air Force Base 28
בסיס נבטים
Nevatim, Southern District in Israel
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Coordinates	31°12′30.05″N 35°00′44.28″E / 31.2083472°N 35.0123000°E / 31.2083472; 35.0123000
Type	Airbase
Site information
Owner	Israel Defense Forces
Operator	Israeli Air Force
Site history
Built	1947 (1947) & 1983
In use	1947 – 1948, 1983 – present
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: VTM, ICAO: LLNV
Elevation	424 metres (1,391 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08L/26R 2,600 metres (8,530 ft) Asphalt 08R/26L 3,350 metres (10,991 ft) Asphalt 07/25 3,900 metres (12,795 ft) Asphalt

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 Wing of Zion, are stationed there.