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Jerusalem's Lost Airport: What Happened to Atarot?
Long before Ben Gurion became Israel's aviation hub, Jerusalem had its own international airport at Atarot. Opened in 1920 by the British RAF, it once handled 200,000 passengers a year — with flights to Tel Aviv, Eilat, and even a weekly El Al 707 to Larnaca. But after the Second Intifada, the last commercial flight departed in 2000. Now, the Jerusalem municipality has announced a tender for 9,000 housing units on the site, with no provision for preserving the runway or terminal. In this episode, we explore the airport's fascinating history, the three fatal constraints that make reopening it…
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