Ben Gurion Airport

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The airport began during the British Mandate for Palestine as an airstrip of two unpaved runways on the outskirts of the town of Lydda (now Lod), near the Templer colony of Wilhelma. It was built in 1934, largely at the urging of Airwork Services.{{cite web|url=https://www.israelairlinemuseum.org/el-al-israels-flying-star/chapter-1-from-flying-camels-to-flying-stars-israel-reborn/|title = Chapter 1 – from Flying Camels to Flying Stars: Israel Reborn (1917–1948) | Israel Airline Museum| date=5 August 2016 }} The first passenger service at the new airport was the Misr Airwork route Cairo—Lydda—Nicosia, inaugurated on 3 August 1935. Subsequently, Misr flew via Lydda to Haifa and Baghdad. The first continental European airline with a regular service to Lydda was LOT Polish Airlines since 4 April 1937. By that time, Lydda Airport boasted four fully operational concrete runways. Holland's KLM, which had since 1933 stopped at Gaza en route to Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia), moved the service to Lydda in 1937. Imperial Airways, too, used Lydda as a refueling stop en route to India.

During World War II, Imperial Airways and later British Overseas Airways Corporation continued the service to Lydda until the fall of France in June 1940. When the Japanese military advanced into Burma and Malaya in February 1942, KLM curtailed its route to Batavia and made Lydda the eastern terminus of the route. Misr Airwork, which had suspended flights upon the British declaration of war, resumed the weekly Cairo—Lydda—Nicosia service in May 1940.

In 1943, the airport was renamed "RAF Station Lydda" and continued to serve as a major airfield for military air transport and aircraft ferry operations between military bases in Europe, Africa, the Middle East (mainly Iraq and Persia) and South/Southeast Asia. In 1944, as the German threat in the Middle East subsided, Aviron Aviation Company initiated service four times a week between Lydda and Haifa.

The first civilian transatlantic route, New York City to Lydda Airport, was inaugurated by TWA in 1946. The British gave up the airport at the end of April 1948.

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Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces captured the airport on 10 July 1948, in Operation Danny, transferring control to the newly declared State of Israel.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} In 1948 the Israelis changed the official name of the airport from "Lod International Airport" to "Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport".{{cite web |url= http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=TLV1 |title= Lydda Airport profile – Aviation Safety Network |author= Harro Ranter |access-date=3 June 2015}} Flights resumed on 24 November 1948.{{cite web |url= http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/AbouttheAirport/History/40/ |title=Ben Gurion Airport- The 40s|access-date=29 April 2007|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}} That year, 40,000 passengers passed through the terminal. By 1952, the number had risen to 100,000 a month. Within a decade, air traffic increased to the point where local flights had to be redirected to Tel Aviv's other airport, the Sde Dov airfield (SDV) on the city's northern coast. By the mid-1960s, 14 international airlines were landing at the airport.

The airport's name was changed from Lod to Ben Gurion International Airport in 1973 to honour Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, who died that year.

While Ben Gurion Airport has been a target of Palestinian attacks, the adoption of strict security precautions has ensured that no aircraft departing from Ben Gurion airport has ever been hijacked. On the other hand, airliners hijacked from other countries have landed at Ben Gurion, contributing to two major incidents in the airport's history.

In the first incident, on 8 May 1972, four Palestinian Black September terrorists hijacked a Sabena flight en route from Vienna and forced it to land at Ben Gurion airport. Sayeret Matkal commandos, including Benjamin Netanyahu, led by Ehud Barak (both future Israeli Prime Ministers) stormed the plane, killing two of the hijackers and capturing the other two. One passenger was killed.{{cite news |last= Sontag |first= Deborah |title= 2 Who Share a Past Are Rivals for Israel's Future |newspaper= The New York Times |pages= Section A, Page 3, Column 1 |url= https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30917FD3D5E0C738EDDAD0894D1494D81&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fB%2fBarak%2c%20Ehud |date= 20 April 1999}}

Later that month, on 30 May 1972, in an attack known as the Lod Airport massacre, 24 people were killed and 80 injured when three members of the Japanese Red Army sprayed machine gun fire into the passenger arrival area. The victims included Aharon Katzir, a prominent protein biophysicist and brother of Israel's 4th president. Those injured included a group of twenty Puerto Rican tourists who had just arrived in Israel.{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29/newsid_2542000/2542263.stm |title= 1972: Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv airport |publisher= BBC.co.uk |access-date=28 April 2007 |date= 29 May 1972}} The only terrorist who survived was Kozo Okamoto, who received a life sentence but was released in 1985 as part of a prisoner exchange with the PFLP-GC.{{cite news |title= Israel frees 1,150 to obtain release of last 3 soldiers |url= https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F14FB385F0C728EDDAC0894DD484D81 |last= Lewis |first= Paul |work= The New York Times |date=21 May 1985 |access-date=29 April 2007}}

More buildings and runways were added over the years, but with the onset of mass immigration from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and 90s, as well as the global increase of international business travel, the existing facilities became painfully inadequate, prompting the design of a new state-of-the-art terminal that could also accommodate the expected tourism influx for the 2000 millennium celebrations. The decision to go ahead with the project was reached in January 1994, but the new terminal, known as Terminal 3, only opened its doors a decade later, on 2 November 2004.{{cite web |url= http://www.historycentral.com/Aviation/airports/Bengurion.html |title= Ben Gurion |access-date=29 April 2007 |publisher= History Central |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070330173158/http://www.historycentral.com/Aviation/airports/Bengurion.html |archive-date= 30 March 2007 |url-status= live}}

During the 2014 conflict with Gaza, several airlines banned their flights to the airport for a couple of days.{{cite web |url= https://news.yahoo.com/faa-lifts-ban-us-flights-tel-aviv-airport-041535461--politics.html |title= FAA lifts ban on US flights to Tel Aviv airport |date=24 July 2014 |work= Yahoo News |access-date=3 June 2015}} In October 2023, with the outbreak of the Gaza war, the number of airlines that flew into the airport dropped to just 7. By February 2024, only 45 airlines flew into the airport.{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/28/are-airlines-returning-to-israel-despite-the-war-on-gaza|title=Are airlines returning to Israel, despite the war on Gaza?|date=February 28, 2024|publisher=Al Jazeera}}

The furthest nonstop flight to have departed the airport was a private Airbus A340-500 owned by billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson who flew on 2 January 2017 to Honolulu on a route over the Arctic Ocean. The flight was projected to last 17 hours and 40 minutes.{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.762882 |title= "Next Stop Hawaii: Sheldon Adelson sets record with 18-hour flight from Israel"| author=Melnitcki, Gili |date=4 January 2017|access-date= 15 January 2017 |website=Haaretz}}

Ramon Airport, an international airport near the southern Israeli city of Eilat, serves as a diversion airport for Ben Gurion Airport.{{cite web|url=https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/191081/israel-ramon-airport-etm-in-eilat-set-to-open-gradually-from-january-22|title=Israel: Ramon Airport (ETM) in Eilat set to open gradually from January 22|website=GardaWorld}}

On 4 May 2025, a ballistic missile launched by Houthis during the Gaza war hit a grove near an access road, within the perimeter of the airport, injuring six people. Magen David Adom said that two others were treated due to acute anxiety.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-confirms-it-failed-to-intercept-houthi-ballistic-missile-that-landed-in-area-of-airport/|title=IDF confirms it failed to intercept Houthi ballistic missile that landed in area of airport|date=4 May 2025|website=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/6-wounded-in-airport-missile-attack-one-in-good-to-moderate-condition-and-5-lightly-hurt/|title=6 wounded in airport missile attack — one in good-to-moderate condition and 5 lightly hurt|date=4 May 2025|website=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/surveillance-camera-footage-shows-moment-of-houthi-missile-impact-at-ben-gurion-airport/|title=Surveillance camera footage shows moment of Houthi missile impact at Ben Gurion Airport|date=4 May 2025|website=The Times of Israel}} The Houthis said that they launched a “hypersonic ballistic missile".{{Cite web|url=https://aje.io/p407e2?update=3686711|title=Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim missile attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion airport|date=4 May 2025|website=Al Jazeera}}

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Before the opening of Terminal 3, Terminal 1 was the main terminal building at Ben Gurion Airport. At that time, the departures check-in area was located on the ground floor. From there, passengers proceeded upstairs to the main departures hall, which contained passport control, duty-free shops, VIP lounges, one synagogue and boarding gates. At the gates, travelers would be required to descend a flight of stairs to return to the ground floor where waiting shuttle buses transported them to airplanes on the tarmac. The arrivals hall with passport control, luggage carousels, duty-free pick-up and customs was located at the south end of the building. The apron buses transferred passengers and crews to and from the terminal to airplanes which were parked on the tarmac over {{convert|500|m|abbr=on}} away. After Terminal 3 opened, Terminal 1 was closed except for domestic flights to the airport in Eilat and government flights such as special immigrant flights from North America and Africa. Chartered flights organised by Nefesh B'Nefesh carrying immigrants from North America and England use this terminal for their landing ceremonies several times a year.{{cite web|url=http://www.historycentral.com/Aviation/airports/Bengurion.html |title=Ben Gurion Airport|access-date=28 April 2007|publisher=HistoryCentral| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070330173158/http://www.historycentral.com/Aviation/airports/Bengurion.html| archive-date= 30 March 2007| url-status= live}}

Although Terminal 1 was closed between 2003 and 2007, the building served as a venue for various events and large-scale exhibitions including the "Bezalel Academy of Arts Centennial Exhibition" which was held there in 2006.

The renovations for the terminal were designed by Yosef Assa with three individual atmospheric themes. Firstly, the public halls have a Land-of-Israel character with walls painted in the colors of Israel's Judean, Jerusalem and Galilee mountains. The departure hall is given an atmosphere of vacation and leisure, whilst the arrivals hall is given a more urban theme as passengers return to the city.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/Terminal+1/PrinciplesofArchitecturalPlanning_en.htm |title=Principles of Architectural Planning |access-date=12 April 2008 |publisher=IAA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412034555/http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/Terminal%2B1/PrinciplesofArchitecturalPlanning_en.htm |archive-date=12 April 2008 |url-status=live }}

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airport one dayIn February 2006, the Israel Airports Authority announced plans to invest 4.3 million NIS in a new VIP wing for private jet passengers and crews, as well as others interested in avoiding the main terminal. VIP ground services already exist, but a substantial increase in users has justified expanding the facilities, which will also boost airport revenues. The IAA released figures showing significant growth in private jet flights (4,059, a 36.5% increase from 2004) as well as private jet users (14,613, a 46.2% increase from 2004). The new VIP wing, operated by an outside licensee, will be located in an upgraded and expanded section of Terminal 1. All flight procedures (security check, passport control and customs) will be handled here. This wing will include a hall equipped for press conferences, a deluxe lounge, special meeting rooms equipped with state-of-the-art business facilities and a designated lounge for flight crews who spend time at the airport between flights.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Rashot/MessagesArchive/SpokesMan/Spokesman_En_210206.htm |title=Israel Airports Authority to Build a Special Terminal for Executive and Private Flights at Ben Gurion Airport |access-date=28 April 2007|date=21 February 2006|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}} It was announced in January 2008, however, that the IAA planned to construct a new {{Convert|1000|m2|adj=on}} VIP terminal next to Terminal 3.{{cite web| url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572515252&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull| title=Terminal for private flights to be built at airport| date=22 January 2008| access-date=22 January 2008| work=The Jerusalem Post}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Terminal 1 was closed in 2003 and reopened in 2007 as the domestic terminal following extensive renovations,{{cite web |url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Rashot/MessagesArchive/SpokesMan/Spokesman_En_200207.htm |title=End of an Era – The Historic Terminal 1 has Re-opened, Serving Passengers on Domestic Flights |access-date=28 April 2007|date=20 February 2007|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}} and in July 2008, to cater for summer charter and low-cost flights.{{cite news | url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726184832&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull | title=Ben-Gurion's old terminal reopens for summer charters | access-date=12 July 2008 | newspaper=The Jerusalem Post | date=2 July 2008 }} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It remained open for these charter and low-cost flights for the 2008 summer season then temporarily closed in October 2008, when it underwent further renovation and reopened again in the summer of 2009, when it was expected to reach a three-month capacity of 600,000 passengers on international flights. As of 2010, several low-cost carriers' international flights were operating out of Terminal 1 year-round including Vueling flights to Barcelona and easyJet flights to London (Luton), Manchester, Geneva, and Basel. In 2015, due to increased demand and following another expansion of the terminal, the Israel Airports Authority made Terminal 1 available to all low-cost carriers under certain conditions.{{cite web|title=Operating International Flights from Terminal 1 at Ben Gurion Int'l Airport|publisher=Israel Airports Authority|access-date=18 April 2015|url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/en-US/rashot/Documents/operating%20flights%20terminal%201.pdf|date=10 February 2015}} Flights operating out of Terminal 1 are charged lower airport fees than those operating out of Terminal 3.{{cite news|url=https://www.themarker.com/consumer/tourism/1.8188336|title=6 מיליארד שקל לתוכנית הפיתוח של נתב"ג לשלוש השנים הקרובות|trans-title=ILS Six Billion for the Ben Gurion Airport Expansion Plan in the Next Three Years|author=Rosenberg-Kandel, Rina|date=27 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019|language=he}}

Until the summer of 2017 Terminal 1 was used for flight check-in, security screening and passport-control for international flights for passengers of certain low-cost airlines, but following passport control passengers were bussed to the departures concourse of Terminal 3 from which they boarded their flights. All incoming flights for airlines operating out of Terminal 1 were handled in Terminal 3. However, beginning on 19 June 2017 and following several months of renovations, Terminal 1 passengers began being bussed directly to their flights from Terminal 1, although incoming passengers continue to be handled in Terminal 3. The renovations to Terminal 1's boarding area included adding duty-free shops, restaurants and cafes. The terminal was also equipped with advanced checked-baggage handling and screening systems, similar to those in Terminal 3.

A free public shuttle from Terminal 3 and the railway station to and from Terminal 1 operates approximately every 15 to 30 minutes (depending on the time of day).

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Terminal 3, which opened on 28 October 2004,{{cite web |url= http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Speeches+by+Israeli+leaders/2004/Address%20by%20PM%20Sharon%20at%20inauguration%20of%20Ben%20Gurion%20Airport%202000%2028-Oct-2004|title= Address by PM Sharon at inauguration of Ben Gurion Airport 2000

|access-date=27 April 2007| publisher=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs}} replaced Terminal 1 as the main international gateway to and from Israel. The building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).{{cite magazine|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/transportation/05_benGurion/overview.asp|title=Ben Gurion International Airport, Terminal 3 |magazine=Architectural Record|date=October 2005}}{{cite web|url=http://www.som.com/content.cfm/ben_gurion_international_airport|title=Ben Gurion International Airport International Terminal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516093025/http://www.som.com/content.cfm/ben_gurion_international_airport|archive-date=16 May 2010}} SOM.com Project Page Moshe Safdie & Associates{{cite web|url=http://www.msafdie.com/php/print_project.php?id=59|title=Ben Gurion International Airport International Terminal}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Moshe Safdie & Associates Project Page and TRA (now Black and Veatch) designed a linking structure and the airside departure areas and gates. Ram Karmi and other Israeli architects were the local architects of record. The inaugural flight was an El Al flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

Work on Natbag 2000, as the Terminal 3 project was known, was scheduled for completion prior to 2000 in order to handle a massive influx of pilgrims expected for the Millennium celebrations. This deadline was not met due to higher than anticipated costs and a series of work stoppages in the wake of the bankruptcy of the main Turkish contractor. The project eventually cost an estimated one billion US dollars. Due to the proximity of the airport to the country's largest population centres and the problem of noise pollution, another international airport is being considered to be built elsewhere in the country,{{cite web|url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/AbouttheAirport/Statistics/ |title=Facts and Figures |access-date=4 May 2007|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}} such as the new Ilan and Assaf Ramon Airport in Southern Israel.

The overall layout of Terminal 3 is similar to that of airports in Europe and North America, with multiple levels and considerable distances to walk after disembarking from the aircraft. The walk is assisted by escalators and moving walkways. The upper level departures hall, with an area of over {{convert|10000|m2|abbr=on}}, is equipped with 110 check-in counters and as well as flight information display systems.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/AbouttheAirport/PassengersHalls/CheckInHall/ |title=Check-In Hall |access-date=28 April 2007|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}} A small shopping mall, known as Buy & Bye, is open to both travellers and the general public. The mall, which includes shops, restaurants and a post office, was planned to be a draw for non-flyers too. On the same level as the mall, passengers enter passport control and the security check. Planes taking off and landing can be viewed from a distinctive tilted glass wall. The arrivals hall is located on the ground floor where there are also 20 additional check-in counters (serving Star Alliance airlines). Car rental counters are located in an intermediate level situated between the departing and arriving passenger halls. Terminal 3 has two synagogues.{{cite news| url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342862,00.html | title=Muslim prayer room set up at Ben-Gurion Airport | newspaper=Ynetnews | publisher=Ynet | access-date=5 May 2007| date=21 December 2006 | last1=Senyor | first1=Eli }}

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After the main security check, passengers wait for their flights in the star-shaped duty-free rotunda. A variety of cafes, restaurants and duty-free shops are located there, open 24 hours a day, as well as a synagogue, banking facilities, a transit hall for connecting passengers and a desk for VAT refunds.{{cite web| url= http://parking.essentialtravel.co.uk/worldairport/israel/tel_aviv_-_ben_gurion.htm| title= Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion Airport (TLV) Information| publisher= Essential Travel| access-date= 29 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070421224455/http://parking.essentialtravel.co.uk/worldairport/israel/tel_aviv_-_ben_gurion.htm| archive-date= 21 April 2007| url-status= dead| df= dmy-all}}

Terminal 3 has a total of 40 gates divided among four concourses (B, C, D, and E), each with 8 jet bridge-equipped gates (numbered 2 through 9), as well as two stand gates (bus bays 1 and 1A) from which passengers are ferried to aircraft. Two gates in concourse E utilize dual jet bridges for more efficient processing of very large widebody aircraft. Concourses B, C, and D were opened when terminal 3 opened in 2004, while concourse E was completed in 2018.{{cite news|last1=Blumenthal|first1=Itay|title=נתב"ג מתרחב: נחנכה הזרוע הרביעית|trans-title=Ben Gurion Airport Expands: Fourth Concourse Inaugurated|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5115293,00.html|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=Ynet|date=15 February 2018}} Space exists for one additional concourse (A) at Terminal 3.

Free wireless internet is provided throughout the terminal.{{Cite web |date=14 Mar 2012 |title=012 wireless Ben Guiron |url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/DA3B095B-2E92-4862-B199-D3FFC56A2149/0/ntbg.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026012732/http://www.iaa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/DA3B095B-2E92-4862-B199-D3FFC56A2149/0/ntbg.pdf |archive-date=26 Oct 2007 |access-date=17 Aug 2024 |website=iaa.gov.il |ref={{sfnref|iaa.gov.il|2012}}}}{{cite web|title=Free Wi-Fi in Airports|url=http://www.wififreespot.com/airport.html|access-date=4 May 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070429171530/http://www.wififreespot.com/airport.html| archive-date= 29 April 2007| url-status= live}}

The terminal has three business lounges—the exclusive El Al King David Lounge for frequent flyers and three Dan lounges for either privileged or paying flyers.

In January 2007, the IAA announced plans for a 120-bed hotel to be located about {{Cvt|300|m}} west of Terminal 3.{{cite web|url=http://www.port2port.com/Index.asp?CategoryID=46&ArticleID=1210|title=A BOT tender to be published for Ben Gurion hotel|access-date=28 April 2007|date=15 January 2007|publisher=PORT2PORT- Israel's Trade Portal|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927190547/http://www.port2port.com/Index.asp?CategoryID=46&ArticleID=1210|archive-date=27 September 2007}} The tender for the hotel was published by the IAA in late 2017.

When the terminal was built, it was said to have a capacity for up to 12 million passengers a year. In 2023, 25 million passengers are expected to pass through Ben Gurion Airport.{{Cite web |last=Gilad |first=Moshe |date=4 Jul 2023 |title=Read Before You Land: Everything to Know About Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/travel/2023-07-04/ty-article-magazine/.premium/read-before-you-land-everything-to-know-about-israels-ben-gurion-airport/00000189-208d-d8d6-a18f-26afaf750000 |access-date=17 Aug 2024 |website=Haaretz.com}}

Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1969 when Arkia resumed operations at the airport after the Six-Day War.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/AbouttheAirport/History/60/|title=Ben Gurion Airoport – The 60s (IE browser required)|access-date=12 June 2008|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}} Terminal 2 served domestic flights until 20 February 2007 when these services moved into the refurbished Terminal 1. Due to increased traffic in the late 1990s and over-capacity reached at Terminal 1, an international section was added until Terminal 3 was opened. After the transfer of domestic services to Terminal 1, Terminal 2 was demolished in order to make room for additional air freight handling areas.

This terminal, built in 1999, was meant to handle the crowds expected in 2000, but never officially opened. To date, it has only been used as a terminal for passengers arriving from Asia during the SARS epidemic.{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Strongin |title=Ministry begins checking for SARS at Ben-Gurion |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/330779551.html?dids=330779551:330779551&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+30%2C+2003&author=MICHAEL+STRONGIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=03&desc=Ministry+begins+checking+for+SARS+at+Ben-Gurion |newspaper=The Jerusalem Post |page=3 |date=30 April 2003 |access-date=5 July 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107160234/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/330779551.html?dids=330779551:330779551&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+30%2C+2003&author=MICHAEL+STRONGIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=03&desc=Ministry+begins+checking+for+SARS+at+Ben-Gurion |url-status=dead }}

Another use for the terminal was for the memorial ceremonies upon the arrival of the casket of Col. Ilan Ramon after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003 and the arrival of Elhanan Tannenbaum and the caskets of three Israeli soldiers from Lebanon in January 2004.

In December 2017, the IAA announced a long-term expansion plan for Ben Gurion Airport estimated to cost approximately NIS 9 billion. Plans include further expansion of Terminal 1, a new dedicated domestic flights terminal, a major expansion of Terminal 3's landside terminal which would add approximately 90 additional check-in counters, construction of Concourse A, and additional aircraft parking spaces and ramps. In addition, air cargo facilities would be relocated to a large, currently-unused tract of land in the northern part of the airport's property (north of runway 08/26) where additional aircraft maintenance facilities would also be built.

In the meantime, to ease immediate overcrowding problems at Terminal 3's landside terminal, in the spring of 2018 a temporary large, air-conditioned tent was erected adjacent to Terminal 3 housing 25 check-in counters and security screening facilities. This tent was used for compulsory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers between 2020 and 2022.

In August 2018, the IAA published a tender for the construction and operation of a new terminal, dedicated to handling private and executive aircraft traffic.{{cite web|url=http://www.port2port.com/article/Air-Transport/Airports/Israel-Airports-Authority-to-build-private-plane-terminal-at-Ben-Gurion-Airport|title=Israel Airports Authority to build private plane terminal at Ben Gurion Airport|publisher=port2port.co.il|access-date=28 August 2018|archive-date=28 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828001813/http://www.port2port.com/article/Air-Transport/Airports/Israel-Airports-Authority-to-build-private-plane-terminal-at-Ben-Gurion-Airport/|url-status=dead}}

In late 2021 construction began on a new interchange that will provide additional access to the airport from Highway 1. The new interchange significantly reduced the distance vehicles must travel to access the airport's main terminal from the direction of Tel Aviv and other points north and west of the airport.

The Airport City development, a large office park, is located east of the main airport property. It is at the junction of the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv metropolitan areas.{{Cite web |date=30 Aug 2012 |title=Airport City – business park, offices, storage, industry, logistics |url=http://www.airport-city.co.il/en/location.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103122626/http://www.airport-city.co.il/en/location.php |archive-date=3 Jan 2013 |access-date=17 Aug 2024 |website=airport-city.co.il}}

The head office of El Al is located at Ben Gurion Airport,Orme, William A. Jr. "El Al at a Turning Point; A Mirror of Israel's Divisions Prepares to Go 49% Public". The New York Times. 5 March 1999. C1, New York Edition. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/05/business/el-al-at-a-turning-point-a-mirror-of-israel-s-divisions-prepares-to-go-49-public.html?pagewanted=1 1]. Retrieved 15 February 2010. as is the head office of the Israel Airports Authority.[http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Rashot/TelephoneNumbersandAddresses/IaaPhones.htm "IAA Head Office"]. Israel Airports Authority. Retrieved 6 March 2010.{{dead link|date=August 2024}}

The head offices of the Civil Aviation Authority and Challenge Airlines IL are located in the Airport City office park nearby the airport.{{cite web|title=CAA Relocates to Airport City office park|url=http://en.caa.gov.il/index.php?option=com_content&iotype=w&view=article&id=403|publisher=Civil Aviation Authority|access-date=14 December 2015|date=2 August 2010|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095535/http://en.caa.gov.il/index.php?option=com_content&iotype=w&view=article&id=403|url-status=dead}}[http://www.cal.co.il/ContactUs/ "Contact Information"]. CAL Cargo Air Lines. Retrieved on 1 January 2012. "Contact Information Headquarters C.A.L. Cargo Airlines 1 Hayarden Street, Airport City P.O.B. 271 Ben Gurion Airport 70100, Israel"{{Dead link|date=August 2024}}

Israel Aerospace Industries maintains its head office on airport grounds as well as extensive aviation construction and repair facilities.{{cite web|title=IAI Head Office|url=http://www.iai.co.il/23286-en/IAI.aspx|publisher=Israel Aerospace Industries}}

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The closest runway to terminals 1 and 3 is 12/30, {{convert|3112|m|abbr=on}} in length, and is followed by a taxiway. Most landings take place on this runway from West to East, approaching from the Mediterranean Sea over southern Tel Aviv.{{cite web|url=http://www.airports-worldwide.com/israel/ben_gurion_israel.htm |title=Ben Gurion Airport |access-date=27 April 2007|publisher=World Aero Data}} During inclement weather, it may also be used for takeoffs (Direction 12). A 17 million NIS renovation project was completed in November 2007 which reinforced the runway and made it suitable for future wide-body aircraft. In September 2008, a new ILS serving the runway was activated. The main runway was closed from 2011 until early 2014 in order to accommodate the extension of runway 03/21 and other construction activity in the vicinity of the runway.

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When it was originally built, the short runway (direction 03/21) was {{convert|1780|m|abbr=on}} long, making it too short to accommodate most mainline passenger jets. At the time it mainly served cargo aircraft of the Israeli Air Force and as a taxiway for runway 26. However, by late 2011, the runway was closed and most of the activity in the military apron to the east of the runway was permanently relocated to the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel. In late May 2014 the runway was reopened after having been rebuilt and lengthened to {{convert|2772|m|abbr=on}}, allowing it to handle most types of aircraft. It is equipped with an ILS and mostly handles landings from north to south.

The longest runway at the airfield, {{convert|4062|m|abbr=on}}, and the main take off runway from east to west (direction 08/26), is referred to as "the quiet runway" since jets taking off in this direction produce less noise pollution for surrounding residents.{{vague|date=November 2014}} A 24 million NIS renovation project completed in February 2006 reinforced the runway and made it suitable for wide-body aircraft such as Airbus A380.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Rashot/MessagesArchive/SpokesMan/Spokesman_En_070306.htm |title=Renovation of Runway 26-08 Completed; Became Operative on Sunday, February 26 |access-date=28 April 2007|date=7 March 2006|publisher=Israel Airports Authority}}

The original layout of the airfield as designed by the British in the 1930s included four intersecting {{Convert|800|m|abbr=on}} runways suitable for the piston engined aircraft of the day. However, none of this original layout is visible nowadays since as usage increased and aircraft types and needs changed over the years various runways on the airport's premises were built and removed.

The main runway (12/30) is the oldest surviving runway in the airport, with the quiet (08/26) and short (03/21) runways having been built in the late 1960s and 1970s. Since very little commercial traffic could operate on the short runway, for approximately forty years, the airport mostly relied on runways 12/30 and 08/26. This presented a problem, however: the fact that these two runways intersect near their western end creates a crisscross pattern between aircraft landing and taking off. This pattern reduces the number of aircraft which can arrive to and depart from the airport and has detrimental safety implications as well.

With passenger traffic projected to increase, plans were drawn in the 1980s and 90s for the extension of runways 03/21 and 08/26 as a means of alleviating some of Ben Gurion's safety and capacity concerns. These plans were approved in 1997 and construction began in 2010. The extension of runway 03/21 allows the airport to operate in an "open V" configuration, allowing for simultaneous landings and take offs on runways 08/26 and 03/21 and thus more than double the number of aircraft movements which can be handled at peak times, while increasing the overall level of air safety in and around the airport. Construction took four years and cost 1 billion NIS (financed from the Israeli Airports Authority budget) and was completed 29 May 2014. It included paving {{Convert|22|km}} of runways and taxiways, using more than 1.5 million tons of asphalt, laying one million meters of runway lighting cables, {{Convert|50000|m}} of high-voltage power lines and 10,000 light fixtures.{{cite news |url=http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-New-Ben-Gurion-airport-runways-inaugurated-1000942781 |title=New Ben Gurion airport runways inaugurated |access-date=29 May 2014|last=Peretz-Zilberman |first=Sapir |date=29 May 2014|publisher=Globes English }} The construction of several new taxiways between the existing runways and terminals also significantly reduced taxi times at the airport.

Security at Ben Gurion International Airport operates on several levels.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010924/belal.html |title=Is This What We Really Want? |access-date=27 April 2007|last=Beyer |first=Lisa |magazine=Time | date=24 September 2001|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312052712/http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010924/belal.html|archive-date=12 March 2007}}

All cars, taxis, buses and trucks go through a preliminary security checkpoint before entering the airport compound. Armed guards spot-check the vehicles by looking into cars, taxis and boarding buses, exchanging a few words with the driver and passengers. Armed security personnel stationed at the terminal entrances keep a close watch on those who enter the buildings. If someone arouses their suspicion or looks nervous, they may strike up a conversation to further assess the person's intent. Plainclothes armed personnel patrol the area outside the building, and hidden surveillance cameras operate at all times.{{cite web|url=http://securitysolutions.com/news/security_exposing_hostile_intent|title=What can we learn from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel to help push aviation security in the U.S. to the next level?|publisher=Access Control & Security Systems|access-date=4 May 2007}} Inside the building, both uniformed and plainclothes security officers are on constant patrol. Departing passengers are personally questioned by security agents even before arriving at the check-in desk. This interview can last as little as a minute, or as long as an hour if a passenger is selected for additional screening. Luggage and body searches may be conducted.

Until August 2007, there was a system of color codes on checked baggage but the practice was discontinued after complaints of discrimination.{{cite web|last=Blumenkrantz |first=Zohar |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/colored-tags-for-arabs-luggage-at-ben-gurion-airport-discontinued-1.227007 |title=Color tags discontinued |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=7 August 2007 |access-date=18 July 2014}} In the past, checked bags were screened following the personal interview and before passengers arrived at the check-in desks. Occasionally, if security assessed a person as a low risk, they were passed straight through to the check-in desks, bypassing the main X-ray machines, a practice which also drew some discrimination complaints. This process ceased in April 2014 when the main X-ray machines were removed from the passenger queuing area in Terminal 3 and baggage screening began being performed after the baggage was checked-in by airline representatives (as is common in most airports around the world). Terminal 1 began using the same procedure in the summer of 2017.

After check-in, all checked baggage are screened using sophisticated X-ray and CT scanners and put in a pressure chamber to trigger any possible explosive devices which have a trigger dependent on air pressure. Following the check-in process, passengers continue to personal security and passport control. Before passing through the metal detectors and putting carry-on baggage through the X-ray machine at the security checkpoint, passports and boarding passes are re-inspected and additional questions may be asked. Before boarding the aircraft, passports and boarding passes are verified once again. Security procedures for incoming flights are not as stringent, but passengers may be questioned by passport control depending on country of origin, or countries visited prior to arrival in Israel. Passengers who have recently visited Arab countries are subject to further questioning.{{cite news|title=Israel airport is safe but hard to emulate|url=http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg17059.html|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 September 2001|first1=Paulo|last1=Prada|first2=Daniel|last2=Michaels|access-date=4 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031045808/http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg17059.html|archive-date=31 October 2007|url-status=dead}}

The following airlines serve regular scheduled and charter destinations at Ben Gurion Airport.{{cite web |title=Full List of Flights to Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel |url=https://www.touristisrael.com/full-list-flights-tel-aviv-israel/12331/ |access-date=22 February 2020|date=27 July 2015 }} Most of the airlines have been suspended or have delayed their resumption due to the Israel-Hamas War since October 7, 2023 and the ongoing situation in the Middle East.{{cite news |title=Full list of Flight cancellations to Ben Gurion Airport amid the October 7th War with Hamas |access-date=June 15, 2024 |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/11/13/the-complete-guide-to-all-airline-flight-cancellations-to-israel-2/ |newspaper=Israel Hayom }} Some airports have even taken out flights to Tel Aviv from their list of destinations.

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| Aegean Airlines | Athens,{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=עדי |title=חברת Aegean Airlines חוזרת לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/193581 |access-date=27 November 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=27 November 2024 |language=he}}{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230207-a3intl|title=Aegean Airlines NS23 International Network Additions – 06FEB23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=7 February 2023|accessdate=2 January 2025|language=en-ca}} Larnaca, Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Heraklion

| Air Canada | Toronto–Pearson (resumes {{date|2025-9-8}}){{cite news |title=Israel Travel Plans in Limbo As Air Canada Delays Return, Could Rising Unrest Disrupt Global Flight Routes and What Should International Passengers Brace For? - Travel And Tour World |url=https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/israel-travel-plans-in-limbo-as-air-canada-delays-return-could-rising-unrest-disrupt-global-flight-routes-and-what-should-international-passengers-brace-for/ |access-date=13 May 2025 |publisher=Travel And Tour World (TTW) |date=13 May 2025}}

| Air Europa | Madrid

| Air France | Paris–Charles de Gaulle{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=גלי |title=פרסום ראשון: מפתיעה בגדול וחוזרת לפני כולם - אייר פראנס בדרך לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194592 |access-date=21 January 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=21 January 2025 |language=he}}

| Air India | Delhi (suspended){{cite news |last1=מקיינקו |first1=אירה |title=בשורה ענקית לטסים למזרח: אייר אינדיה חוזרת להפעיל טיסות לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194627 |access-date=23 January 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=23 January 2025|language=he}}

| Air Samarkand | Samarqand{{cite news |last1=Azoulay |first1=Roi |title=Direct to the Heart of Asia: Air Samarkand Lands in Israel and Announces Double Flights on Route |url=https://passport.news/article/599 |access-date=7 May 2025 |publisher=PassportNews |date=5 May 2025 |language=he}}

| Air Seychelles | Mahé (suspended until {{date|2025-7-31}})

| airBaltic | Riga (resumes {{date|2025-6-6}}){{cite news |last1=Kotler |first1=Amit |title=Next Week: Another European Airline Resumes Flights to Israel |url=https://passport.news/article/704 |access-date=31 May 2025 |work=PassportNews |agency=Passport Media Group |date=30 May 2025 |language=he}}

| American Airlines | New York–JFK (suspended){{Cite web |title=American Airlines won't fly to Israel again until at least September 2025|url=https://www.jta.org/2024/11/04/israel/american-airlines-wont-fly-to-israel-again-until-at-least-september-2025|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=November 4, 2024|access-date=November 5, 2024}}

| Animawings | Bucharest–Otopeni (begins {{date|2025-10-5}}){{cite news |last1=Marcu |first1=Vlad |title=Animawings va zbura din București spre Tel Aviv din octombrie 2025 |url=https://boardingpass.ro/animawings-va-zbura-din-bucuresti-spre-tel-aviv-din-octombrie-2025/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |work=BoardingPass.ro |date=26 February 2025 |language=ro-RO}}

| Arkia | Amsterdam, Athens, Baku,{{cite news |last1=Novruz |first1=Akbar |title=Heydar Aliyev International Airport expands route network with new flights |url=https://www.azernews.az/nation/238343.html |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=AzerNews.Az |date=27 February 2025 |language=en}} Barcelona,{{cite news |title=Arkia Adds One-time Leased 737 MAX Barcelona Service in mid-August 2023 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230808-izaug23bcn |access-date=9 August 2023 |work=AeroRoutes |date=8 August 2023 |language=en-CA}} Basel/Mulhouse (begins {{date|2025-7-2}}), Belgrade, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest,{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=החל מ-169 דולר: מילאנו, בודפשט, דובאי וגם יוון וקפריסין. לוח הטיסות החדש של ארקיע |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/192863 |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=22 October 2024 |language=he}} Dubai–International, Eilat, Geneva (begins {{date|2025-7-7}}),{{cite news |title=אחרי ניו יורק וסיישל: קו חדש נוסף לארקיע – החל מ-199 דולר לכיוון |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/196728 |access-date=25 May 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=25 May 2025 |language=he}} Larnaca, Madrid,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Arkia Resumes Madrid Service in mid-1Q25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250127-iz1q25mad |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=27 January 2025 |language=en-CA}} Milan–Malpensa (resumes {{date|2025-7-2}}),{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=בצל היעדר חברות זרות: ארקיע תטוס לשני יעדים חדשים באירופה |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/196818 |access-date=29 May 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=29 May 2025 |language=he}} New York–JFK,{{cite news |title=Arkia Schedules mid-1Q25 Tel Aviv – New York Launc |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250114-iz1q25jfk|access-date=14 January 2025|publisher=AeroRoutes}} Paphos (suspended),{{cite news |title=Israeli airlines told not to land in Paphos, Cyprus |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-839364 |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=JPost.com |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=26 January 2025 |language=en}} Paris–Charles de Gaulle,{{cite news |title=מרחיבה פעילותה: ארקיע תפעיל טיסות לפריז |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/193073 |access-date=4 November 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |date=4 November 2024 |language=he}} Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Tbilisi, Thessaloniki,{{cite web|url= https://www.ertnews.gr/video/ta-nea-dromologia-ayksisan-tin-epivatiki-kinisi-sto-aerodromio-makedonia/ |title=Τα νέα δρομολόγια αύξησαν την επιβατική κίνηση στο αεροδρόμιο «Μακεδονία»|date=17 February 2025 }} Vienna
Seasonal: Batumi,{{cite news |last1=Lifshitz Klieger |first1=Iris |title=Arkia releases new flight schedule and emphasizes that it flies on Shabbat |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/s1yl59mjc |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=Ynetnews |date=28 March 2024 |language=en}} Corfu, Kalamata,{{cite news |last1=Wrobel |first1=Sharon |title=Arkia extends Tel Aviv-New York route until at least October, adds new destinations |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/arkia-extends-tel-aviv-new-york-route-until-at-least-october-adds-new-destinations/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=www.timesofisrael.com |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=23 February 2025}} Kos (resumes {{date|2025-5-30}}), Ljubljana, Mahé (resumes {{date|2025-6-20}}),{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Arkia Resumes Seychelles Service From late-June 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250603-izns25sez |access-date=4 June 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=4 June 2025 |language=en-CA}} Mykonos,{{cite news |title=30 יעדים, 11 מהם ליוון, 6 קווים חדשים וניו יורק עד אוקטובר: הקיץ של ארקיע |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/195118 |access-date=24 February 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |date=23 February 2025 |language=he}} Naples,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Arkia Schedules Tel Aviv – Naples Service May – July 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250508-izmay25nap |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=8 May 2025 |language=en-CA}} Preveza/Lefkada (resumes {{date|2025-6-14}}), Rhodes, Sarajevo (resumes 7 June 2025),https://www.arkia.co.il/destinations/sarajevo Skiathos, Tirana (begins 4 July 2025), Tivat, Volos (resumes {{date|2025-7-2}}), Zadar,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Arkia NS25 Europe Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250326-izns25eu |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=26 March 2025 |language=en-CA}} Zanzibar
Seasonal charter: Bratislava,{{cite news |title=New Seasonal Route Connects Bratislava and Tel Aviv |url=https://www.routesonline.com/airports/5277/bratislava-international-airport/news/299664629/new-seasonal-route-connects-bratislava-and-tel-aviv/ |access-date=31 May 2025 |work=Routes |agency=Aviation Week Network |publisher=Informa Markets |date=30 May 2025}} Hévíz (resumes {{date|2025-7-4}}), Piešťany

| Austrian Airlines | Vienna (suspended until {{date|2025-6-15}})

| Azerbaijan Airlines | Baku{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=רואי |title=הראשונה לחזור: אזרבייג׳ן איירליינס תשוב להפעיל טיסות בקו ת״א - באקו |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/193576 |access-date=27 November 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=27 November 2024 |language=he}}

| azimuth | Mineralnye Vody (resumes {{date|2025-6-16}}), Sochi

| Bluebird Airways{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=החל מ-59$ לכיוון, 198$ לטיסת הלוך ושוב: מבצעי החזרה לישראל של Blue Bird |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/192867 |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=22 October 2024 |language=he}} | Athens, Barcelona,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230808-bzaug23bcn|title=Blue Bird Suspends Barcelona Service in Aug/Sep 2023|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=8 August 2023|accessdate=2 January 2025|language=en-ca}} Budapest, Larnaca, Paphos,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240125-bzns24|title=Blue Bird Airways NS24 Network Expansion|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 January 2024|accessdate=2 January 2025|language=en-ca}} Prague, Sofia, Vienna
Seasonal: Bergamo{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Blue Bird Airways April 2025 Tel Aviv – Milan Bergamo Operations |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250102-bzapr25bgy |access-date=3 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=2 January 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| British Airways | London–Heathrow (suspended until {{date|2025-7-31}}){{cite news |title=British Airways extends suspension of Israel flights to end of July |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/british-airways-extends-suspension-of-israel-flights-to-end-of-july/ |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=www.timesofisrael.com |publisher=The Times of Israel |date=23 May 2025}}

| Brussels Airlines | Brussels (suspended until {{date|2025-6-15}})

| Bul Air | Seasonal charter: Varna

| Bulgaria Air | Sofia{{cite news |title=השמיים נפתחים: בולגריה אייר חוזרת לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/193598 |access-date=28 November 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=28 November 2024 |language=he}}

| Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong (resumes {{date|2025-10-25}}){{cite web |title=Latest situation in Tel Aviv, Israel |url=https://www.cathaypacific.com/cx/en_IL/prepare-trip/travel-advisories/latest-situation-in-tlv.html |website=Cathay Pacific |publisher=Cathay Pacific Airways Limited 國泰航空有限公司 |access-date=12 February 2025 |language=en-IL}}

| Centrum Air | Tashkent (suspended until {{date|2025-7-1}}){{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Centrum Air Revises NS25 Network Expansion |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250414-c6ns25 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |issue=14 April 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal charter: Heraklion,{{cite news |last1=מקיינקו |first1=אירה |title=טיסת בכורה לעונת הקיץ: השטיח המעופף תמריא להרקליון |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/196669 |access-date=22 May 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=22 May 2025 |language=he}} Rhodes

| Cyprus Airways | Larnaca{{cite news |title=כל העדכונים השוטפים של חברות התעופה: פספורטניוז עושה לכם סדר |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/191420 |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=6 August 2024 |language=he}}

| Delta Air Lines | New York–JFK{{cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/delta-to-become-first-us-carrier-to-resume-flight-services-to-tel-aviv-on-april-1/|title=Delta on April 1 to become first US carrier to resume flight services to Tel Aviv|publisher=The Times of Israel|date=January 24, 2025|accessdate=January 25, 2025}}

| EasyJet | Amsterdam (resumes {{date|2025-7-1}}), Basel/Mulhouse (resumes {{date|2025-7-3}}),{{cite news |last1=Wrobel |first1=Sharon |title=EasyJet announces resumption of flights to and from Tel Aviv from June 1 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/easyjet-announces-resumption-of-flights-to-and-from-tel-aviv-from-june-1/ |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=www.timesofisrael.com |publisher=The Times of Israel}} Berlin (resumes {{date|2025-7-2}}), Geneva (resumes {{date|2025-7-1}}), London–Luton (resumes {{date|2025-7-2}}), Milan–Malpensa (resumes {{date|2025-7-1}}), Nice (resumes {{date|2025-7-1}})

| El Al{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230322-ly777 | title=El al NS23 Boeing 777 European Network – 21MAR23 }} | Amsterdam,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240805-ly1h25787|title=El Al Outlines 293-seater 787-9 Network in 2025|website=AeroRoutes|accessdate=17 August 2024}} Athens,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230222-ly772 | title=El al NS23 Boeing 777 European Operations – 20FEB23 }} Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240805-ly1h25787 | title=El al Outlines 293-seater 787-9 Network in 2025 }} Barcelona,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240315-lyns24eu|title=El Al NS24 Europe Service Changes – 14MAR24|website=Aeroroutes}} Berlin, Boston,{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Ted |title=As U.S. To Israel Flights Increase, Confident El Al Adds A Boston Flight |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedreed/2025/02/19/as-us-to-israel-flights-increase-confident-el-al-adds-a-boston-flight/ |access-date=20 February 2025 |work=Forbes |date=19 February 2025 |language=en}} Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Dubai–International,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240315-lyjun24dxb | title=El al June – September 2024 Dubai Service Changes }} Fort Lauderdale (ends 14 April 2026),{{cite web |title=El Al Will Consolidate South Florida Operations To Miami, Ditching Fort Lauderdale |url=https://crownheights.info/general/908645/el-al-will-consolidate-south-florida-operations-to-miami-ditching-fort-lauderdale/ |website=Crown Heights |access-date=18 May 2025}} Frankfurt, Geneva, Lisbon, London–Heathrow,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240129-sklycodeshare|title=El Al / SAS Begins Codeshare Partnership From Feb 2024|website=Aeroroutes}} London–Luton, Los Angeles, Madrid, Marseille,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240311-aflycodeshare | title=Air France / El al Begins Reciprocal Codeshare Partnership in NS24 }} Miami,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231218-dllycodeshare|title=Delta / El Al Begins Codeshare Partnership From Jan 2024|website=Aeroroutes}} Milan–Malpensa, Moscow–Domodedovo,{{cite news |title=Israel's El Al Airlines to resume Moscow flights in May |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-848708 |access-date=3 April 2025 |work=JPost.com |agency=REUTERS |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=3 April 2025 |language=en}} New York–JFK, Newark,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231214-lynw23nyc | title=El al Israel Airlines New York JFK Nov 2023 – Jan 2024 Service Increases }} Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Phuket, Prague, Rome–Fiumicino, Sofia,{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220817-lynw22sof | title=El al NW22 Sofia Aircraft Changes }} Thessaloniki,{{cite web|url=https://money-tourism.gr/el-al-nees-syndeseis-pros-thessaloniki-ptiseis-koinoy-kodikoy-aegean-eurowings/ |title=El Al: Νέες συνδέσεις προς Θεσσαλονίκη |date=15 March 2024}} Tokyo–Narita,{{cite news |title=El Al Maintains Tokyo March 2024 Service Resumption |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240108-lymar24nrt |access-date=9 January 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=8 January 2024 |language=en-CA}} Vienna, Zürich
Seasonal: Venice{{cite web |title=Our Destinations - Venice |url=https://www.elal.com/flight-deals/en-il/flights-to-venice |publisher=EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. |access-date=2 March 2025}}

| Emirates | Dubai–International (resumes {{date|2025-10-1}}){{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=רואי |title=יש מועד חזרה: Emirates תחדש את טיסותיה לישראל - כל הפרטים |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194671 |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=26 January 2025 |language=he}}

| Ethiopian Airlines | Addis Ababa

| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi

| Eurowings | Düsseldorf, Hamburg (both suspended until {{date|2025-6-15}})

| Flydubai | Dubai–International

| FlyLili{{cite news |last1=Sipinski |first1=Dominik |title=Romania's Fly Lili launches Tel Aviv charters |url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/149938-romanias-fly-lili-launches-tel-aviv-charters |access-date=4 February 2025 |publisher=ch-aviation GmbH |date=4 February 2025}} | Seasonal charter: Basel/Mulhouse (begins {{date|2025-6-27}}),{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Fly Lili NS25 Israel Charter Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250327-flns25 |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=27 March 2025 |language=en-CA}} Brașov (begins {{date|2025-6-23}}), Bucharest–Otopeni (begins {{date|2025-5-30}}), Constanța (begins {{date|2025-7-1}}), Kraków, Larnaca (begins {{date|2025-7-1}}), Lyon,{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=רואי |title=הבשורה של אשת טורס: טיסות ישירות ל-12 יעדים בשת״פ עם חברת התעופה האירופאית |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194775 |access-date=4 February 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=3 February 2025 |language=he}} Malta, Paphos (begins {{date|2025-7-1}}), Prague, Rzeszów,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Fly Lili 1Q25 Israel Charters Overview |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250205-fl1q25il |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=5 February 2025 |language=en-CA}} Rovaniemi, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Zagreb

| FlyOne | Bucharest–Otopeni (begins {{date|2025-6-5}}),{{cite news |last1=Marcu |first1=Vlad |title=FLYONE: cinci rute regulate de la București, Cluj Napoca și Craiova din iunie 2025 |url=https://boardingpass.ro/flyone-cinci-rute-regulate-de-la-bucuresti-cluj-napoca-si-craiova-din-iunie-2025/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |work=BoardingPass.ro |date=27 February 2025 |language=ro-RO}} Chișinău,{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=איתי |title=FLYONE מולדובה חוזרת לטוס לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/188836 |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |date=20 February 2024 |language=he}} Yerevan{{Cite web |url=https://flyone.eu/en/About-FLYONE/News/2021/10/28/FLYONE-Armenia-received-the-Air-Operator-Certificate |title=FLYONE Armenia received the Air Operator Certificate!|date=28 October 2021 |website=flyone.eu}}

| FLYYO{{cite web |title=FLYYO Launches Charter Operations to 26 Destinations from Tel Aviv! — Flyyo |url=https://flyyo.com/news/flyyo-launches-charter-operations-to-26-destinations-from-tel-aviv |website=flyyo.com |publisher=FLYYO by Aerro Direkt |access-date=5 February 2025}} | Seasonal charter: Athens, Basel/Mulhouse, Bratislava, Budapest, Catania,{{cite news |title=חוזרת לסיציליה: קשרי תעופה משיקה טיסות ישירות לאי הגדול ביום התיכון |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194924 |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=12 February 2025 |language=he}} Heraklion, Kalamata, Karlovy Vary, Kaunas, Kraków, Larnaca, Lyon, Malta, Mytilene, Paphos, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Piešťany, Pula, Rhodes, Split, Strasbourg, Thessaloniki, Venice, Vilnius,{{cite news |title=Touchdown: From Tel Aviv to the North’s Most Stylish Hideaway |url=https://passport.news/article/631 |access-date=19 May 2025 |work=PassportNews |date=15 May 2025 |language=he}} Zadar

| Georgian Airways | Tbilisi{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Georgian Airways NS25 Boeing 767 Operations |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250218-a9ns25763 |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=18 February 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| Hainan Airlines | Beijing-Capital,{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=היינאן איירליינס חוזרת לטוס בקו תל אביב-בייג'ינג |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/195164 |access-date=25 February 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=25 February 2025 |language=he}} Shenzhen

| HiSky | Bucharest–Otopeni,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230307-h4tlv|title=HiSky Adds Cluj – Tel Aviv Service in NS23|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024}} Chișinău

| Iberia Express | Madrid{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=רואי |title=גל החזרה נמשך: Iberia Express תחדש את טיסותיה לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194826 |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=9 February 2025 |language=he}}

| Israir | Athens,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250106-6h1q25|title=Israir 1Q25 Leased Hello Jets Boeing 737 Network Overview|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=6 January 2025|accessdate=1 February 2025|language=en-ca}} Baku, Basel/Mulhouse, Batumi, Bergamo,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Israir Adds Milan Bergamo in 1Q25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241125-6h1q25bgy |access-date=25 November 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=25 November 2024 |language=en-CA}} Berlin, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Chișinău,{{cite news |title=Israir Schedules Chisinau Service in NW23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230808-6hnw23kiv |access-date=9 August 2023 |work=AeroRoutes |date=8 August 2023 |language=en-CA}} Debrecen,{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=איתי |title=ישראייר לא עוצרת: משיקה טיסות לשלושה יעדים חדשים |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194551 |access-date=19 January 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=19 January 2025 |language=he}} Dubai–International, Eilat, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Luton,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Israir Adds Tel Aviv – London Luton From mid-Nov 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241104-6hnov24ltn |access-date=4 November 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=4 November 2024 |language=en-CA}} Munich,{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=לופטהנזה, מאחורייך: זה היעד החדש והמפתיע של ישראייר |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/193818 |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews Israel |date=10 December 2024 |language=he}} Prague, Rome–Fiumicino,{{cite news |title=Israir NS24 Leased Smartwings Boeing 737 Operations |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240321-6hns24qs |access-date=21 March 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=21 March 2024 |language=en-CA}} Tbilisi, Varna, Vilnius,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Israir NS25 European Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250114-6hns25eu |access-date=14 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=14 January 2025 |language=en-CA}} Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Catania,{{cite web |title=Israir NS22 Network Additions Update - 03Apr22 |url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220404-6hns22 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=4 April 2022}} Grenoble, Málaga,{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221107-6hns23eu|title=ISRAIR NS23 EUROPEAN NETWORK ADDITIONS – 06NOV22|website=Aeroroutes|date=7 November 2022|access-date=12 December 2022}} Paphos (suspended), Salzburg, Stuttgart (resumes {{date|2025-6-28}}),{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Israir Resumes Stuttgart Service in NS25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250127-6hns25str |access-date=27 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=27 January 2025 |language=en-CA}} Tirana, Tivat, Verona{{cite web |title=טיסות לורונה שבאיטליה, טיסה ישירה לורונה - ישראייר |url=https://www.israir.co.il/Flights/To/Verona.html |website=www.israir.co.il |publisher=Israir Airlines |access-date=2 March 2025}}

| ITA Airways | Rome–Fiumicino (suspended until {{date|2025-6-15}})

| KLM | Amsterdam{{cite news |title=יש מועד: KLM תחדש את טיסותיה לישראל |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194848 |access-date=7 February 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=6 February 2025 |language=he}}

| LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw–Chopin,{{cite news |title=Romania's Bees and Poland's LOT airlines will resume flights to Israel - report |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-833137 |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=12 December 2024 |language=en}} Kraków

| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich (both suspended until {{date|2025-6-15}}){{cite news |last1=Lifshitz-Klieger |first1=Iris |title=Lufthansa extends Israel flight suspension through mid-June |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/sb91aleb9 |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=ynetnews |date=26 May 2025 |language=en}}

| Neos | Corfu, Lisbon,{{cite news |last1=אזולאי |first1=רואי |title=בשורה מרעננת מאיטליה: חברת Neos חזרה לישראל - תפעיל 7 טיסות שבועיות |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/196630 |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=20 May 2025 |language=he}} Milan–Malpensa,{{cite news |last1=יעיש |first1=שמעון |title=החל מאפריל הקרוב: חברת תעופה נוספת חוזרת לישראל |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/travel/tourism-news/article/17257870 |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=www.israelhayom.co.il |publisher=Israel Hayom |date=29 January 2025}} Rhodes, Verona{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Verona, Italy|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1116–1117}}
Seasonal charter: Barcelona (begins {{date|2025-6-30}}){{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Neos Adds Tel Aviv – Barcelona Charters in NS25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250212-nons25tlvbcn |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=12 February 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| Qanot Sharq | Samarqand, Tashkent{{cite news |title=Qanot Sharq Adds Tel Aviv Schedule in NS23 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230316-hhtlv |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=AeroRoutes |date=16 March 2023 |language=en-CA}}

| Red Wings Airlines | Mineralnye Vody (resumes {{date|2025-6-8}}),{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Red Wings Adds Mineralnye Vody – Tel Aviv Service From June 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250523-wzjun25mrvtlv |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |ref=23 May 2025 |language=en-CA}} Moscow–Domodedovo,{{cite news |title=Red Wings Resumes Moscow – Tel Aviv Service From late-Jan 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240105-wzjan24tlv |access-date=7 January 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=5 January 2024 |language=en-CA}} Moscow–Zhukovsky, Saint Petersburg (begins {{date|2025-6-8}}),{{cite news |last1=Мошков |first1=Александр |title=Red Wings планирует расширить географию рейсов в Израиль и привлечь к ним туроператоров |url=https://www.tourdom.ru/news/red-wings-planiruet-rasshirit-geografiyu-reysov-v-izrail-i-privlech-k-nim-turoperatorov.html |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=Tourdom.ru |publisher=Профессиональный портал TourDom.ru — проект ООО «Служба Банко» |date=25 April 2025 |language=ru}} Sochi

| Royal Jordanian | Amman (resumes {{date|2025-9-16}}){{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Royal Jordanian NS25 Selected Routes Suspension |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250508-rjns25cxld |access-date=8 May 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=8 May 2025 |language=en-CA}}

| Ryanair | Athens, Bari,{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=רשמית: זה התאריך לחזרת ריינאייר לישראל. לאן תוכלו לטוס ב-140 שקלים? |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194703 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |date=28 January 2025 |ref=FR_Resumes_IL_25 |language=he}} Bergamo, Berlin, Bologna, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Chania, Charleroi, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Kraków, Malta, Memmingen, Naples, Paphos, Poznań,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Ryanair NS25 Network Additions – 02MAR25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250306-frns25 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=6 March 2025 |language=en-CA}} Rome–Fiumicino, Sofia, Thessaloniki, Treviso, Turin, Vienna, Vilnius (all flights suspended until {{date|2025-7-31}}){{cite news |title=Ryanair cancels all Tel Aviv flights until August |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-ryanair-cancels-all-tel-aviv-flights-until-august-1001511598 |access-date=1 June 2025 |work=Globes |publisher=Globes, Israel business news |date=28 May 2025 |language=en}}

| Scandinavian Airlines | Copenhagen (begins {{date|2025-10-26}}){{cite news |last1=Karp |first1=Aaron |last2=Casey |first2=David |title=Routes & Networks Latest: Rolling Daily Updates (W/C May 12, 2025) {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/routes-networks-latest-rolling-daily-updates-wc-may-12-2025 |access-date=14 May 2025 |work=aviationweek.com |agency=Informa Markets |publisher=Aviation Week |date=14 May 2025}}

| Smartwings | Prague{{cite news |last1=אביטן |first1=יותם |title=חברת תעופה אירופאית נוספת חוזרת לישראל |url=https://aviationews.co.il/2024/01/16/%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%aa-%d7%aa%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%94-%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%90%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%a1%d7%a4%d7%aa-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%96%d7%a8%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%a8%d7%90-2/ |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=חדשות תעופה |date=16 January 2024 |language=he-IL}}{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230904-ewqscodeshare|title=Eurowings / Smartwings Expands Codeshare Network From late-Aug 2023|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 September 2023|accessdate=31 December 2024|language=en-ca}}

| Sundor{{cite news |title=Sun d'Or NS24 A320 Operations – 14JAN24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240116-lyns24320 |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=16 January 2024 |language=en-CA}}{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Sun d'Or NW24 Preliminary Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240819-lynw24 |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=19 August 2024 |ref=Sun d'Or NW24 |language=en-CA}} | Belgrade,{{cite news |title=El Al's Sun d'Or to launch scheduled Belgrade flights |url=https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/06/el-als-sun-dor-to-launch-scheduled.html |access-date=13 June 2024 |publisher=EX-YU Aviation News |date=11 June 2024}} Chișinău, Kraków,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240116-lyns24320|title=Sun d'Or NS24 A320 Operations – 14JAN24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=16 January 2024|accessdate=31 December 2024|language=en-ca}} Larnaca, Porto,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Sun d'Or Resumes Tel Aviv – Porto Service in NS24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240711-lyns24opo |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=11 July 2024 |language=en-CA}} Tbilisi, Thessaloniki, Warsaw–Chopin
Seasonal: Athens,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=ממשיכה להפתיע: סאן דור מתרחבת עם קו ישיר חדש לאי היווני המבוקש |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/194613 |access-date=22 January 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |date=22 January 2025 |language=he}} Batumi, Heraklion,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Sun d'Or Adds Irakleion Service in NS25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250210-lyns25her |access-date=11 February 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=10 February 2025 |language=en-CA}} Kefalonia,{{cite news |title=Sun d'Or NS24 Greece Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240513-lyjun24gr |access-date=13 May 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=13 May 2024 |language=en-CA}} Mykonos, Paphos (suspended), Rhodes, Santorini, Tirana,{{cite web |title=El Al subsidiary Sun d'Or offers new flights to Albania |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/rjsxvrou1e |website=ynetnews.com |date=8 January 2025 |access-date=8 January 2025 |last1=Lifshitz-Klieger |first1=Iris }} Tivat

| {{nowrap|Swiss International Air Lines}} | Zürich (suspended until {{date|2025-6-15}})

| TAROM | Bucharest–Otopeni

| Transavia | Lyon (resumes {{date|2025-10-28}}),{{cite news |last1=L’Haridon |first1=Eglantine |title=Transavia lance 18 lignes internationales pour l'hiver 2025 |url=https://www.lechotouristique.com/article/transavia-lance-18-lignes-internationales-pour-lhiver-2025 |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=L'Echo Touristique |date=15 April 2025 |language=fr-FR}} Marseille (begins {{date|2025-10-26}}), Paris–Orly,{{cite news |title=Air France, Transavia to resume Israel flights |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-air-france-transavia-to-resume-israel-flights-1001499957 |access-date=21 January 2025 |publisher=Globes, Israel business news |date=21 January 2025 |language=en}} Toulouse (begins {{date|2025-10-27}})

| TUS Airways | Larnaca,{{cite news |title=פרסום ראשון: TUS Airways חוזרת לנתב"ג |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/188163 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=פספורטניוז |date=14 January 2024 |language=he}} Naples,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Tus Airways Adds Naples Service in NS25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250115-u8ns25nap |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |language=en-CA}} Paphos, Rome–Fiumicino (begins {{date|2025-6-22}}),{{cite news |last1=קוטלר |first1=עמית |title=צ'או בלה: TUS תטוס מתל אביב לרומא 4 פעמים בשבוע |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/196822 |access-date=29 May 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=29 May 2025 |language=he}} Sofia,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Tus Airways Sep 2024 Tel Aviv Network Additions |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240726-u8sep24tlv |access-date=26 July 2024 |work=AeroRoutes |date=26 July 2024 |language=en-CA}} Vienna
Seasonal: Corfu,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220415-u8ns22|title=Tus Airways Schedules New Routes in Summer 2022|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=15 April 2022|accessdate=16 March 2025|language=en}} Thessaloniki{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221011-u8dec22|title=Tus Airways Dec 2022 Network Additions|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 October 2022|accessdate=16 March 2025|language=en}}

| United Airlines | Newark (resumes {{date|2025-6-5}}){{cite news |title=United Airlines Set to Return: Major Update for Israeli Market |url=https://passport.news/article/706 |access-date=31 May 2025 |work=PassportNews |date=31 May 2025 |language=he}}

| Uzbekistan Airways | Samarqand,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230913-hynw23tlvskd|title=Uzbekistan Airways Adds Tel Aviv – Samarkand One-Way Service in NW23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=13 September 2023|accessdate=31 December 2024|language=en-ca}} Tashkent

| Wizz Air | Abu Dhabi, Athens, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Heraklion (resumes {{date|2025-6-16}}),{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Wizz Air NS25 Network Changes – 02MAR25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250305-w6ns25 |access-date=5 March 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=5 March 2025 |language=en-CA}} Iași, Kraków, Larnaca,{{cite news |last1=Livne |first1=Stav |title=Wizz Air brings forward return to Israel |url=https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-wizz-air-restoring-israel-flights-1001495368 |access-date=27 November 2024 |publisher=Globes - Israel Business News |date=27 November 2024 |language=en}} London–Gatwick, London–Luton, Milan–Malpensa, Naples (begins {{date|2025-10-28}}),{{cite news |last1=מקיינקו |first1=אירה |title=החל מ-209 שקלים לכיוון: Wizz Air משיקה קו חדש מישראל לאחת הערים היפות באיטליה |url=https://passportnews.co.il/article/196008 |access-date=16 April 2025 |work=פספורטניוז |publisher=PassportNews |date=16 April 2025 |language=he}} Rhodes (resumes {{date|2025-6-19}}), Rome–Fiumicino, Sofia, Varna,{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Jim |title=Wizz Air NS25 Network Additions – 16JAN25 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250117-w6ns25 |access-date=17 January 2025 |work=AeroRoutes |date=17 January 2025 |language=en-CA}} Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin

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| ASL Airlines | Liège

| Astral Aviation{{cite press release|title=ASTRAL AVIATION LAUNCHES SCHEDULED FLIGHT TO TEL AVIV|url=https://astral-aviation.com/astral-aviation-launches-scheduled-flight-to-tel-aviv/|work=Astral Aviation|date=8 June 2023|access-date=2 August 2023|language=en}} | Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta

| CAL Cargo Air Lines{{Cite web |date=21 Apr 2019 |title=CAL Cargo |url=https://www.cal-cargo.com/network/overview/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320221042/https://www.cal-cargo.com/network/overview/ |archive-date=20 Mar 2023 |access-date=17 Aug 2024 |website=CAL Cargo |ref={{sfnref|CAL Cargo|2019}}}} | Larnaca, Liège, Hong Kong, New York–JFK

| DHL Aviation[https://aviationcargo.dhl.com/destinations-served aviationcargo.dhl.com – Destinations served] retrieved 29 May 2021 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505063723/https://aviationcargo.dhl.com/destinations-served |date=5 May 2022 }} | Leipzig/Halle

| Easy Charter | Liège

| El Al Cargo{{Cite web|url=https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/el-al-provides-update-on-cargo-operations/|title=EL AL provides update on cargo operations|date=7 March 2020|website=www.aircargonews.net}} | Liège, New York–JFK, Seoul–Incheon

| Lufthansa Cargo[https://lufthansa-cargo.com/de/network/schedule-routings lufthansa-cargo.com – Routes & Schedules] retrieved 29 May 2021 | Frankfurt

| My Freighter Airlines | Tashkent

| MyWay Airlines | Tbilisi

| Silk Way West Airlines[http://www.silkwayairlines.com/our-network silkwayairlines.com – Our Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103090613/http://www.silkwayairlines.com/our-network |date=3 November 2019 }} retrieved 29 May 2021 | Baku

| UPS Airlines{{cite web | url=https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/freighter-operator/ups-adds-cologne-tel-aviv-flight/ | title=UPS adds Cologne-Tel Aviv flight | date=23 November 2021 }} | Cologne/Bonn, Larnaca

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Commercial flights from Sde Dov Airport which, until its closure in July 2019, handled more domestic passengers annually than TLV have been moved to Ben Gurion.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3420369,00.html |title=Tel Aviv airport to make way for luxury project |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=3 July 2007 |access-date=3 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705190018/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3420369%2C00.html |archive-date= 5 July 2007 |url-status=live |last1=Petersburg |first1=Ofer }}

The airport is located near Highway 1, the main Jerusalem–Tel Aviv Highway and Highway 40. The airport is accessible by car or public bus. Israel Railways operates train service from the airport to several parts of the country and taxi stands are located outside the arrivals building. A popular transportation option is a share taxi van, known in Hebrew as a monit sherut (service cab), going to Jerusalem, Haifa, and Beersheba.

Israel has an integrated nationwide public transport payment system covering multiple transit options (train, bus, and light rail) run by various operators using a single payment card: the Rav-Kav. It features flexible tariff arrangements and offers free transfers between transit methods within certain geographical zones and time periods. A public transport information office which also issues Rav-Kav cards is located in the arrivals hall of Terminal 3. With a few exceptions, most public transport options (except for taxis and service cabs) do not operate on the Sabbath (i.e., from early Friday evenings to late Saturday evenings as well as certain Jewish holidays).

A new app payment system was introduced in December 2020. The apps have a different, simpler fare system. The two supporting routing and payment are: Cello, Moovit, Pango, and Rav-Pass.{{cite web |title=המלצות להתנהלות נכונה בעת השימוש באפליקציות (יישומונים) לתשלום ולתיקוף שירותי תחבורה ציבורית |url=https://www.gov.il/he/pages/public_transport_privacy_rec |publisher=The Privacy Protection Authority of Israel |access-date=26 March 2025}}

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Israel Railways operates the Ben Gurion Airport Railway Station, located in the lower level of Terminal 3. From this station passengers may head northwest to Tel Aviv, Haifa and other destinations in the north, or southeast to Modi'in and Jerusalem. The journey to Tel Aviv Savidor Central railway station takes about 18 minutes and to Jerusalem's Yitzhak Navon station about 25 minutes. There is also late night/early morning train service to and from the airport terminating at Beersheba Center via Lod, Ashkelon, and selected destinations in between. Almost 3.3 million passengers used the railway line to and from the airport in 2009. The service does not operate on Shabbat and Jewish holidays but on all other days it runs day and night. The line to Nahariya through Tel Aviv and Haifa operated 24 hours a day on weekdays, but these services were suspended following the COVID-19 pandemic and put on hold until railway electrification works are completed in the mid-2020s, following which the line would run from Jerusalem and terminate at Karmiel instead of Nahariya (though it would continue to service Tel Aviv and Haifa).

The airport is served by regular inter-city bus lines, limousine and private shuttle services, Sherut "shared" door to door taxi vans and regular taxis.{{cite web| title=Guidelines for Taxi Passengers| url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/TransportationToandFromtheAirport/Taxis/| publisher=Israel Airports Authority| access-date=27 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061117091144/http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/TransportationToandFromtheAirport/Taxis/| archive-date=17 November 2006| url-status= live}} Afikim bus company provides 24 hours a day, on the hour, direct service to Jerusalem with line 485. the line departs from Terminal 3 on the 2nd floor and passes through Terminal 1.{{cite web | title=The resource cannot be found. | url=http://www.callkav.gov.il/WebForms/wfrmMain.aspx?width=1024&company=1&language=he&state=# | publisher=Ministry of Transport | access-date=30 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714023040/http://www.callkav.gov.il/WebForms/wfrmMain.aspx?width=1024&company=1&language=he&state= | archive-date=14 July 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }} Egged bus number 5 ferries passengers between the terminals and a small bus terminal in the nearby Airport City business park near El Al junction just outside the airport where they can connect to regular Egged bus routes passing through the area. Passengers connecting at Airport City can pay for both rides on the same ticket, not having to pay an extra fare for bus No. 5. Other bus companies directly serve Terminal 3, and the airport also provides a free shuttle bus between terminals.{{cite web| title=Public Transportation| url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/TransportationToandFromtheAirport/PublicTransport/|publisher=Israel Airports Authority| access-date=27 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070513025204/http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/TransportationToandFromtheAirport/PublicTransport/| archive-date= 13 May 2007| url-status= live}} On Shabbat, when there is no train service, a shared shuttle service is available between the airport and Tel Aviv hotels.{{cite web |title=Shuttle from Ben Gurion Airport to Tel Aviv |url=https://www.withflo.com/tel-aviv/ |url-status=dead |access-date=14 August 2016 |website=withflo.com |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821165951/https://www.withflo.com/tel-aviv/ }}{{Cite web |title=Tel Aviv Airport Taxi & Transfer |url=https://atobtransfer.com/israel/tel-aviv-airport-taxi/ |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=Atob Transfer |language=en-US}}

Located on Highway 1, the Jerusalem – Tel Aviv highway, the airport has a total of approximately 20,000 parking spaces for short and long-term parking.{{cite web|url=https://www.calcalist.co.il/local/articles/0,7340,L-3776021,00.html|title = בתכנון: החניון בנתב"ג יורחב ב־30% ויכיל 26 אלף חניות|date = 18 December 2019}} The spaces for long-term parking are situated several kilometres from the terminal, and are reached by a free shuttle bus.{{cite web| title=Parking Lots| url=http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/ParkingLots/|publisher=Israel Airports Authority| access-date=27 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070427165908/http://www.iaa.gov.il/Rashat/en-US/Airports/BenGurion/InformationforTravelers/ParkingLots/| archive-date= 27 April 2007| url-status= live}} Car rental at the airport is available from Avis, Budget, Eldan, Tamir Rental,{{cite web|title=Car Rental Tel Aviv Airport|url=https://www.tamir-rental.com/car-rental-ben-gurion-airport|access-date=28 June 2020|website=Tamir Rental}} Thrifty, Hertz, and Shlomo Sixt.{{cite web|title = Car Rental in Ben Gurion Airport-up to 15% discount-Shlomo Sixt|url = https://en.shlomo.co.il/branches/16/Car-Rental-in-Ben-Gurion-Airport-Terminal-3/|website = en.shlomo.co.il|access-date = 14 December 2015|archive-date = 16 May 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230516204754/https://en.shlomo.co.il/branches/16/Car-Rental-in-Ben-Gurion-Airport-Terminal-3/|url-status = dead}}

In December 2006, Ben Gurion International Airport ranked first among 40 European airports and 8th out of 77 airports in the world, in a survey, conducted by Airports Council International, to determine the most customer-friendly airport. Tel Aviv placed second in the grouping of airports which carry between 5 and 15 million passengers per year behind Japan's Nagoya Airport. The survey consisted of 34 questions. A random sampling of 350 passengers at the departure gate were asked how satisfied they were with the service, infrastructure and facilities. Ben Gurion received a rating of 3.94 out of 5, followed by Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, Zürich, Copenhagen, and Helsinki. The airport retained its title as the best Middle Eastern airport in the 2007, 2008, and 2009 surveys.{{cite news |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881920231&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Ben Gurion ranks first in airport survey |access-date=27 April 2007|first=Avi|last= Krawitz |date=18 December 2006|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3511386,00.html |title=Ben Gurion Airport ranks best in Mideast |date=26 February 2008 |access-date=26 February 2008 |work=Ynetnews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227055902/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3511386%2C00.html |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=live }}

• On 13 February 1939, a Fokker F.XVIII (VQ-PAF) of the newly founded Commercial Aviation Company Ltd. was being flown around the airport for an inaugural celebration. While landing the pilot lost control and veered off into the mud, damaging it beyond repair.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F.XVIII VQ-PAF Lydda Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19390113-2 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 5 February 1950, a Douglas C-54A-10-DC (4X-ACD) of El Al skidded off during takeoff, caught fire, and was damaged beyond repair. All 50 occupants survived.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-54A-10-DC (DC-4) 4X-ACD Lydda Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19500205-1 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 15 May 1953, a Douglas C-47 of the USAF as part of a US military attaché in Israel caught fire standing at night and was burned out. Sabotage was suspected.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47 (DC-3) registration unknown Lydda Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19530515-2 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 26 October 1969, a Vickers 833 Viscount (4X-AVC) of Arkia crashed during a nighttime training flight and was damaged beyond repair. All three occupants survived.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 833 Viscount 4X-AVC Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19691026-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 30 November 1970, a Boeing 707-373C (N790TW) of TWA was taking off for a cargo flight to Frankfurt at 02:00 on runway 30 when an empty, unlit IAF Stratocruiser (4X-FPS/037) was towed across the runway; the 707 hit the Stratocruiser and both aircraft caught fire. Both planes were damaged beyond repair, and all three crew on the 707 survived. However, two persons were killed on the ground.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-373C N790TW Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701130-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter 4X-FPS/037 Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701130-1 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 8 May 1972, a Boeing 707-329 (OO-SJG) of Sabena was hijacked en route to Tel Aviv from Vienna and landed at Ben Gurion; the four hijackers demanded prisoner releases. Two were shot and killed by military personnel in ground engineer uniforms the same day, and a passenger died eight days later from injuries sustained in the gun battle.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-329 OO-SJG Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720508-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 16 August 1973, a Boeing 720-023B (OD-AFR) of MEA was hijacked en route from Benghazi to Beirut over Cyprus by a male hijacker with two guns who demanded to be flown at Ben Gurion; he was overpowered by ground police upon arrival.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 720-023B OD-AFR Tel Aviv-Lod International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730816-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 31 July 1980, a Boeing 707-358C (4X-ATX) of El Al had a fire erupt in the rear lavatory prior to departure at Ben Gurion; the aircraft was evacuated and fire services had to cut a hole in the fuselage to put out the flames. The aircraft was later repaired.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-358C 4X-ATX Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800731-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 16 February 1987, a Convair CV-240-24 (N93218) of IAI was destroyed in a hangar fire.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-240-24 N93218 Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19870216-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 1 December 1988: 1988 Ordzhonikidze bus hijacking. Five men in Ordzhonikidze hijacked a school bus, demanding 2,000,000 rubles and an airplane to fly them to Israel. The bus went to Mineralnye Vody Airport and the hijackers boarded an Ilyushin Il-76T of Aeroflot in exchange for 30 hostages. The plane arrived at Ben Gurion the following day, and the hijackers surrendered.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-76T registration unknown Tel aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881202-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 18 June 2001, a ATR 42-320 (4X-ATK) of Israir could not lower its starboard main undercarriage and had to land without it; none of the 42 occupants were injured. The plane was written off and converted into a training rig.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42-320 4X-ATK Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010618-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 8 April 2015, a British Aerospace BAe 125-800A (4X-CZO) of Arrow Aviation aborted a takeoff from runway 26 due to a swerve issue, and after stopping a fire broke out in the right main gear wheel area. The plane, an air ambulance, was substantially damaged.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace BAe 125-800A 4X-CZO Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20150408-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 28 March 2018, a Boeing 737-76J (WL) (D-ABLB) on Germania Flight 4915 to Berlin collided with a Boeing 767-300ER (4X-EAK) on El Al Flight 385 to Rome while both aircraft were in the pushback/towing phase at 06:22. The 737's tail fin hit the right horizontal stabilizer of the 767 after ground controllers cleared both for pushback without realizing they were blocking each other. The 737 was later repaired, but the 767 was written off.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-76J (WL) D-ABLB Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180328-0 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 767-3Q8ER 4X-EAK Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20180328-1 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
• On 4 May 2025, a ballistic missile launched from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group landed in the vicinity of Ben Gurion Airport after repeated attempts to intercept the missile failed. Flights at the airport were delayed for a half hour after the attack.{{Citeweb|url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/middleeast/flights-halted-at-israel-airport-yemen-strike-intl|title=Israel fails to intercept Houthi missile targeting its main airport, showing the limits of US efforts to weaken the group|last1=Michaelis|first1=Tamar|last2=Liebermann|first2=Oren|publisher=CNN|date=4 May 2025|accessdate=4 May 2025}} Multiple flights to Tel Aviv were also suspended.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/flights-again-halted-israel-after-houthi-missile-lands-near-airport-2025-05-04/|title=Flights again halted to Israel after Houthi missile lands near airport|publisher=Reuters|date=4 May 2025}}

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