Haifa International Airport (Hebrew: נְמַל הַתְּעוּפָה חֵיפָה, Namal HaTe'ufa Haifa, also known as U Michaeli Airport) (IATA: HFA, ICAO: LLHA) is an Israeli airport located in Haifa. It is located to the east of the city, close to Kishon Port and Israel Shipyards and mainly serves civilian flights, with some military usage. Most passenger flights passing through the airport are domestic operations to Eilat and Tel Aviv. The airport handles international flights to nearby locations (Cyprus, Turkey) with international passenger traffic of 11,000 in year 2012. The airport is named after Uri Michaeli, one of the pioneers of Jewish aviation and one of the founders of aviation in Israel.