Talk:Eilat Airport

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[edit] Eora Whale?

It seems to be a mistake. Whoever added that information probably meant the area of Be'er Ora (Hebrew - באר אורה), translation Ora Well. Derwig 08:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Typo?

"Despite these limitations, the airport successfully handles ten to twenty times more traffic than aircraft of a comparable size." isn't this "other airports" of a comparable size? Tim Vickers 16:06, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

Hello. I have reviewed the article and have the following comments before I'll pass it to good article status:

  • "Aircraft which cannot, use Ovda International Airport." - firstly, don't see the need for the comma, secondly, the sentence feels awkward to read, consider flowing it into the previous sentence somehow.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • When it closes for civilian purposes, is there anticipation that it will be used for other (military?) purposes? Could add this if citable.
No it isnt so left as is--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • The History section needs to be flowed into a couple of large paragraphs and, for example, ref [2], needs only be used once, at the end of the paragraph, not six consecutive times, once per sentence.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Spell correctly and wikilink Katyusha.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Use non-breaking spaces between values and units, so 1900 m instead of 1900m - per WP:UNITS
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • "In 1975, Eilat Airport started to attract Scandinavian airlines, thanks to the climate which Eilat boasts." - doesn't read nicely (particulalry the final part), but moreover, it's original research unless you've got a citation for it.
Remove that --Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • "The concept and agreement was never greatly promoted..." not good grammar.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Fix "2,800m&sup2 ", and don't forget the non-breaking space!
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • "...kept flying-around ..." - is that the techincal term?! I'd rephrase.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • "...NIS 5.5 million..." - what is this? Presumably Israeli currency but not clear - wikilink at the least.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Non-breaking space for 20km.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Last para in Future section has no references.
Cant source so removed - perhaps original research - but I dont know--Flymeoutofhere 09:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Give me a shout when you're ready for re-review. All the best, The Rambling Man 07:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

More comments:

  • Avoid "wasn't" etc.
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
  • " 2,800 2" - is there a letter m missing?
Done--Flymeoutofhere 09:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Then you're done. The Rambling Man 09:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

You're done, it's a GA now. Good work. The Rambling Man 10:15, 23 July 2007 (UTC)