Leg 116, Alexandria, Egypt via the Gaza Strip to Ben Gurion, Israel
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12-16 Alexandria Intl HEAX 4:05 AM
12-16 Port Said HEPS 4:51 AM
12-16 Al Ismailiyah HE44 5:10 AM
12-16 Ismailia HEIS 5:18 AM
12-16 Kibrit HE34 5:26 AM
12-16 Ras Sudr HE45 5:43 AM
CTD while flying over Suez Gulf 5:54 AM restart
12-16 Ras Sudr HE45 6:01 AM
12-16 Abu Rudeis HE29 6:12 AM
12-16 El Tor HETR 6:42 AM
12-16 Sharm El Sheikh Intl HESH 7:06 AM
12-16 Sharm el-Sheikh HESR 7:14 AM
12-16 Dhahab HEDH 7:27 AM
12-16 Neom Bay OENN 7:38 AM
12-16 Eilat LLET 8:24 AM
12-16 Taba Intl HETB 8:30 AM
12-16 Ovda AB LLOV 8:40 AM
12-16 Mitzpe Ramon LLMI 8:55 AM
12-16 Mitzpe-Ramon LLMR 9:05 AM
12-16 Ramon LLRM 9:11 AM
12-16 Nizzana West LL60 9:18 AM
12-16 El Gora HEGR 9:28 AM
12-16 Hatzor LLHS Gaza strip otw 9:51 AM
12-16 Palmahim AB LL59 9:57 AM
12-16 Rishon LeZiyyon LLRS 10:01 AM
12-16 Sde Dov LLSD 10:07 AM
12-16 Herzlia LLHZ 10:12 AM
12-16 Ben Gurion LLBG 10:19 AM
Flight time 6:07 25 stops
Crossing the Nile one more time on the way East
Port Said at the Northern end of the Suez Canal
Constructed between 1859 and 1869, part of the maritime silk road
Considered to be the border between Africa and Asia, however Egypt extends to the gulf of Aqaba
Defrsoir Airplane or Ismailia Airport at Great Bitter Lake
Kibrit at the other end of the lake
Great Bitter Lake seen from Kibrit
Suez and Port Tawfiq at the Southern end of the Suez Canal
Ras Sudr on the East coast of the Gulf of Suez
Looking out over the gulf of Suez
First time I see a moving cargo ship
It’s going backwards… as fast as the drone can move
Abu Rudeis further South
Petrobel petroleum and Sinai brake factory, producing bricks, typo.
El Tor mountains and Mount Catherine in the distance
Odd speed bump in the terrain
More of the El Tor mountains on the way to Sharm El Sheikh
Little short cut near the Red Sea
Sharm El Sheikh, resort town on the South-East end of the Sinai Peninsula
Lots of great sights, Mustafa Mosque on the left
Heavenly cathedral in the middle and King Tut museum on the right
Dahab on the Gulf of Aqaba
Flying over a bit of Saudi Arabia on the East coast of the gulf of Aqaba
Aqaba container terminal, Saudi Arabia
Eilat, port and resort town at the Southern edge of Israel
Dolphin Reef Beach and Underwater Observatory Park in Eilat
Ovda Air Base
Doodle time in the Negev desert
Hmm, weather approaching
Makhtesh Ramon
Mitzpe Ramon overlooking Makhtesh Ramon, the world’s largest erosion cirque
North of Mitzpe Ramon still over the Negev Desert
Dodging the rain so far
El Gora, Egypt near the Israeli and Gaza strip border
Definitely a military base looking at the pictures for it
Rafah crossing, the only border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip
The border was open for a while in 2019, no closed again due to the pandemic
It’s now only open for a couple days a month
Al Bayuk, Gaza strip, with Israel on the other side of the wall
Sunset over Khan Yunis. The city started as a village known as Salqah before the 14th century
Border crossing near Kisufim and Al Ma’ani
How well the wall ‘works’ is put into question by the vast amount of tunnels going underneath it
In 2013–2014, Egypt’s military destroyed most of the then 1,200 smuggling tunnels (just to Egypt) yet they keep popping up.
Flying to Gaza City along the wall
Gaza city, largest city in the state of Palestine
Still an active war zone, lopsided though it may be
Netiv HaAsara, Northern border of the Gaza Strip with Israel
Somewhere there, no street view available
There is Nir press observatory there as well overlooking the Gaza strip
Palmahim Air Base on the Mediterranean coast
Rishon Leziyyon, the crescent moon is up
Tel Aviv
Big city with lots to see
Marked by stark 1930s Bauhaus buildings
Old and new, Museum of art and the clock tower
I left the plane at Ben Gurion Airport for the night, on to Jerusalem tomorrow.