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Ben Gurion International AirportIATA code TLV
Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel in Asia. The airfield connects travelers with essential regional transit routes and operating carrier options.
- Serves
- Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
- Codes
- TLV · LLBG
- IATA · ICAO
- Time zone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Region
- Asia
Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV/LLBG) is the primary air passenger gateway serving Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel in Asia. Operating on Asia/Jerusalem local time at coordinates 32.000°, 34.870°, the airfield functions as an active commercial transit hub for scheduled regional and international flights. Travelers navigating Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) are encouraged to confirm terminal layouts, ground transport connections into Tel Aviv-Yafo, and flight schedules with their operating carrier prior to travel.
Ben Gurion International Airport details
- IATA code
- TLV
- ICAO code
- LLBG
- City
- Tel Aviv-Yafo
- Country
- Israel
- Region
- Asia
- Time zone
- Asia/Jerusalem
- Coordinates
- 32.011°, 34.887°
- From OurAirports
- Official website
- iaa.gov.il/he-il/airports/bengurion/pages/default.aspx (opens in a new tab)
- From Wikidata
Codes, region and time zone come from the Originfacts airport record (last updated 4 Sept 2026). Fields marked otherwise come from the dataset named on them. None are verified by hand against Ben Gurion International Airport’s own pages.
TLV airport facts
- Size class
- Large airport
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026); OurAirports’ own classification
- Elevation
- 41 m (135 ft)
- From OurAirports (5 Oct 2026)
- Passengers, 2022
- 20 million
- Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026), citing monthlyreport.iaa.gov.il (opens in a new tab)
- Nearest airport with scheduled flights
- Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport HFA · 90 km
- OurAirports scheduled-service flag; straight-line distance calculated
Runways at TLV
Source: OurAirports (opens in a new tab) runways data (public domain), retrieved 5 Oct 2026. Not an aeronautical source — not for navigation.
3 open runways, all lit. Longest 08/26: 4,062 m, asphalt.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,062 m13,327 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 12/30 | 3,112 m10,209 ft | 45 m | asphalt | Lit |
| 03/21 | 2,772 m9,094 ft | 60 m | asphalt | Lit |
Airlines and destinations from TLV
Source: Travelpayouts fare data, 5 Oct 2026 — destinations where travellers found a nonstop fare from TLV in the days before that date. Not a complete or live schedule.
Nonstop fares from TLV to 85 destinations in 45 countries, on 26 airlines.
Airlines named on the fares
- LYEL AL20 destinations
- 6HIsrair Airlines15 destinations
- W6Wizz Air8 destinations
- W4Wizz Air Malta8 destinations
- IZArkia6 destinations
- TOTransavia France3 destinations
- UAUnited Airlines3 destinations
- A4Azimuth2 destinations
- EWEurowings2 destinations
- WZRed Wings2 destinations
- A3Aegean Airlines1 destination
- ACAir Canada1 destination
- AIAir India1 destination
- HMAir Seychelles1 destination
- BTairBaltic1 destination
- OSAustrian Airlines1 destination
- J2Azerbaijan Airlines1 destination
- B2Belavia1 destination
- SNBrussels Airlines1 destination
- C6Centrum Air1 destination
- DECondor1 destination
- ETEthiopian Airlines1 destination
- EYEtihad Airways1 destination
- 3FFLYONE Armenia1 destination
- HYUzbekistan Airways1 destination
- W9Wizz Air UK1 destination
The airline on a fare can be the seller of a codeshare flown by a partner. Linked names are matched to Originfacts airline pages by code and name; others are shown as the fare data names them.
Destinations by country
- Italy (8)
- Bari, Catania, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Venice, Verona
- United States (7)
- Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington
- Germany (5)
- Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
- France (4)
- Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris
- Greece (4)
- Athens, Heraklion, Kerkyra, Thessaloniki
- Russia (4)
- Adler/Sochi, Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Moscow
- Bulgaria (3)
- Bourgas, Sofia, Varna
- Spain (3)
- Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga
- Austria (2)
- Salzburg, Vienna
- Cyprus (2)
- Larnaca, Paphos
- Georgia (2)
- Batumi, Tbilisi
- Poland (2)
- Krakow, Warsaw
- Portugal (2)
- Lisbon, Porto
- Romania (2)
- Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca
- Switzerland (2)
- Geneva, Zurich
- Thailand (2)
- Bangkok, Phuket
- United Arab Emirates (2)
- Abu Dhabi, Dubai
- Uzbekistan (2)
- Samarkand, Tashkent
- Albania (1)
- Tirana
- Argentina (1)
- Buenos Aires
- Armenia (1)
- Yerevan
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Baku
- Belarus (1)
- Minsk
- Belgium (1)
- Brussels
- Canada (1)
- Toronto
- Denmark (1)
- Copenhagen
- Ethiopia (1)
- Addis Ababa
- Hungary (1)
- Budapest
- India (1)
- New Delhi
- Japan (1)
- Tokyo
- Latvia (1)
- Riga
- Lithuania (1)
- Vilnius
- Moldova (1)
- Chisinau
- Montenegro (1)
- Tivat
- Morocco (1)
- Marrakech
- Netherlands (1)
- Amsterdam
- Philippines (1)
- Manila
- Serbia (1)
- Belgrade
- Seychelles (1)
- Mahe
- Slovakia (1)
- Bratislava
- Slovenia (1)
- Ljubljana
- South Korea (1)
- Seoul
- Tanzania (1)
- Zanzibar
- United Kingdom (1)
- London
- Vietnam (1)
- Hanoi
Check schedules with the airline or Ben Gurion International Airport before you book.
Routes from TLV
Originfacts does not track any routes from TLV yet, so no route records are listed here. Destinations with nonstop fares are listed under Airlines and destinations above. Check current schedules with the airlines or the airport’s own site.
Airlines with a hub at TLV
Per Wikidata (opens in a new tab) (retrieved 5 Oct 2026): airlines whose “airline hub” property names TLV, with no end date and not recorded as dissolved. Community-edited; hubs change.
Terminals, transport and parking at TLV
Terminals
According to a copy of the airport's page archived on 15 September 2026, Ben Gurion has two main terminals: Terminal 3 for international flights, and Terminal 1 for both domestic and low-cost international flights.[1]
A free shuttle bus links the two terminals. According to a copy of the airport's page archived on 8 February 2026, the stop for Terminal 1 is on Level G of Terminal 3, near Gate 01, and the stop for Terminal 3 is in front of Terminal 1, opposite Gate 4.[2]
Getting to and from the city
A copy of the airport's page archived on 8 February 2026 lists intercity bus services from Terminal 3, Level 2: Kavim bus 445 to Tel Aviv, Afikim bus 485 to Jerusalem and a Metropoline service to Be'er Sheva. It gives bus 445 and bus 485 as leaving from Exit 21. Timetables and any current changes to services are not covered here, so check the operators before you travel.[2]
A copy of the airport's page archived on 8 February 2026 says that passengers who arrive by train at Terminal 3 but depart from Terminal 1 can reach Terminal 1 on the free internal shuttle.[2]
Licensed taxis wait at Terminal 3 on the ground floor at the exit from Gate 03, and at Terminal 1 at the exit from the domestic flights' welcomers hall. The archived page says the fare is paid by meter only.[2]
Parking
According to a copy of the airport's page archived on 7 January 2026, the short-term car park at Terminal 3 is split into two complexes, the Orchard car park in the eastern building and the Vineyard car park in the western building.[3]
A copy of the airport's page archived on 7 January 2026 describes lot 15 as the main long-term car park, and lots 21 and 22 as alternative long-term car parks for passengers flying from Terminal 1. Terminal 1 has its own car park for short-term and long-term parking. Rates change, so check the airport's current price list.[3]
The archived page says that you can leave the car parks only with the paid parking ticket.[3]
Assistance for passengers with reduced mobility
According to a copy of the airport's page archived on 17 August 2026, the airlines are responsible for attending to passengers requiring assistance and their luggage, from the moment they enter the terminal building or disembark from the aircraft.[4]
To receive the service, passengers should tell their airline in advance and, on arriving at the terminal, contact the ground handling company that serves their airline. The page names Laufer Aviation, GHI, QAS and Aero Handling, and says El Al provides the service on its own flights.[4]
The page also says that some service desks have induction loop systems for people with hearing impairments.[4]
Lounges
A copy of the airport's lounges page archived on 10 January 2026 lists the Arbel Lounge in Terminal 3, Level 1, Eastern Gallery, and the El Al King David Lounge in the Terminal 3 departure hall, Concourse D, for El Al first and business class passengers and club members.[5]
The same page lists a lounge in the departures hall at Concourse C and says economy class passengers may use lounge services for an additional fee. It also lists the Fattal Terminal, a private airport experience in Terminal 1. Opening hours and prices are not repeated here.[5]
Checked against Ben Gurion International Airport’s and the transport operators’ own pages on 5 Oct 2026. Fares, timetables and facilities change; confirm on the linked source before you travel.
Climate at TLV, month by month
Source: NASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily values for 2016–2025 at 32.00°, 34.87° (MERRA-2 reanalysis grid, about 50 km cells), averaged by Originfacts. Modelled, not airport weather-station readings.
Warmest: August (average high 35°C). Coolest: January (17°C high, 8°C low). Wettest: December (143 mm); driest: August (0 mm).
| Month | High | Low | Temperature range | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17°C | 8°C | 142 mm | |
| Feb | 18°C | 8°C | 87 mm | |
| Mar | 20°C | 10°C | 50 mm | |
| Apr | 25°C | 13°C | 30 mm | |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 3 mm | |
| Jun | 33°C | 19°C | 1 mm | |
| Jul | 35°C | 22°C | 2 mm | |
| Aug | 35°C | 23°C | 0 mm | |
| Sep | 33°C | 21°C | 1 mm | |
| Oct | 30°C | 19°C | 9 mm | |
| Nov | 25°C | 15°C | 47 mm | |
| Dec | 19°C | 10°C | 143 mm |
Airports near Tel Aviv-Yafo
Straight-line distances calculated from each airport’s coordinates in the Originfacts airport records. Road distances are longer.
- HaifaHaifa AirportHFA91 km
- AmmanMarka International AirportADJ105 km
- AmmanQueen Alia International AirportAMM110 km
- BeirutBeirut-Rafic Hariri International AirportBEY212 km
- DamascusDamascus International AirportDAM219 km
- GurayatGurayat AirportURY237 km
- ElatRamon AirportETM254 km
- AqabaKing Hussein International AirportAQJ266 km
- TabaTaba InternationalTCP272 km
Ben Gurion International Airport: common questions
Where is Ben Gurion International Airport?
Ben Gurion International Airport serves Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Its coordinates in OurAirports are 32.011°, 34.887°.
What are the airport codes for Ben Gurion International Airport?
The IATA code is TLV and the ICAO code is LLBG.
What time zone is TLV in?
Ben Gurion International Airport is in the Asia/Jerusalem time zone.
What is the official website of Ben Gurion International Airport?
The airport’s official website is iaa.gov.il/he-il/airports/bengurion/pages/default.aspx. For questions about a booking, contact the operating airline.
How many runways does Ben Gurion International Airport have?
OurAirports lists 3 open runways at TLV: 08/26 (4,062 m (13,327 ft), asphalt); 12/30 (3,112 m (10,209 ft), asphalt); 03/21 (2,772 m (9,094 ft), asphalt).
Where can you fly nonstop from TLV?
Travelpayouts fare data retrieved 5 Oct 2026 showed nonstop fares from TLV to 85 destinations in 45 countries, the most in Italy (8), United States (7) and Germany (5). That reflects fares travellers found, not a complete or live schedule.
When did Ben Gurion International Airport open?
Wikidata gives April 1937 as its inception date.
How many passengers use Ben Gurion International Airport?
Wikidata records 20 million passengers for 2022, the latest year it holds.
Who operates Ben Gurion International Airport?
Per Wikidata, TLV is operated by Israel Airports Authority.
Which airlines have a hub at TLV?
Wikidata lists TLV as a hub of Arkia, Challenge Airlines IL, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Israir Airlines, Laufer Aviation-GHI and Sun d'Or International Airlines.
Which terminal at Ben Gurion handles low-cost international flights?
Terminal 1, according to a copy of the airport's page archived on 15 September 2026. It handles domestic and low-cost international flights, while Terminal 3 handles international flights.
Is there a free shuttle between the two terminals?
Yes. A copy of the airport's page archived on 8 February 2026 describes a free internal shuttle between Terminal 3 and Terminal 1. The Terminal 3 stop is on Level G near Gate 01.
How do I request assistance at Ben Gurion?
Tell your airline in advance. On arrival at the terminal, contact the ground handling company that serves your airline, according to a copy of the airport's page archived on 17 August 2026.
Where do taxis wait at Ben Gurion?
At Terminal 3, taxis are on the ground floor at the exit from Gate 03. At Terminal 1, they are at the exit from the domestic flights' welcomers hall. The fare is paid by meter only, according to a copy of the airport's page archived on 8 February 2026.
Which car park is the main long-term one?
Lot 15, according to a copy of the airport's page archived on 7 January 2026. Lots 21 and 22 are alternative long-term car parks for passengers flying from Terminal 1.
Sources
Terminals, transport and parking were checked by hand against the numbered sources below on 5 Oct 2026. Every other section comes from the dataset listed, with its date where the dataset has one.
- Codes, location, time zoneOriginfacts airport record4 Sept 2026
- Official websiteWikidata record (official website property) (opens in a new tab)5 Oct 2026
- Coordinates, runways, type, elevationOurAirports (opens in a new tab) — public domain5 Oct 2026
- Opening, operator, passengers, hubsWikidata item Q181479 (opens in a new tab) — CC05 Oct 2026
- Nonstop destinations, airlines on faresTravelpayouts Data API (Aviasales fare cache) — fares found, not a complete or live schedule5 Oct 2026
- ClimateNASA POWER (opens in a new tab) daily data (MERRA-2 reanalysis), averaged by Originfacts2016–2025
- Nearby airportsCalculated from airport coordinates—
- Terminals and transportChecked by hand: numbered sources below5 Oct 2026
- [1]Ben Gurion Airport - About — Israel Airports Authority (archived copy), 2026-09-15
- [2]Directions List — Israel Airports Authority (archived copy), 2026-02-08
- [3]Parking at Ben Gurion Airport — Israel Airports Authority (archived copy), 2026-01-07
- [4]Accessibility Information for Passengers Requiring Assistance - Terminal 3 — Israel Airports Authority (archived copy), 2026-08-17
- [5]Ben Gurion Airport Lounges — Israel Airports Authority (archived copy), 2026-01-10
Background reading:Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)