TLV
Ben Gurion International Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG) is a large airport in Tel Aviv, Central District, Israel. It opened in Apr 1937. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,062 m (13,327 ft). It is operated by Israel Airports Authority. In 2022 it handled 20.0 million passengers.
Timeline
4 events · 1937–1973APR 1937
OpenedBen Gurion International Airport opens.
1948
RenamedRenamed Lod International Airport.
30 NOV 1970
DisasterQ112270464.3 killed
1973
RenamedRenamed Ben Gurion International Airport.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap08/26080° / 260° · LIT
LENGTH4,062 m13,327 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
12/30121° / 301° · LIT
LENGTH3,112 m10,209 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
03/21029° / 209° · LIT
LENGTH2,772 m9,094 ftWIDTH60 m197 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2011–202212.2M
12.4M
13.5M
14.3M
15.7M
17.3M
20.2M
22.4M
24.0M
4.8M
6.7M
20.0M
111213141516171819202122
Routes
125 destinations · 54 countriesYear-round94
ETMRamon International AirportIsrael · Arkia254 km158 miLCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Tus Airways, Bluebird Airways, Cyprus Airways +4339 km211 miPFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Tus Airways, Bluebird Airways, Sun d'Or International Airlines +1375 km233 miRHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Wizz Air793 km493 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Wizz Air971 km603 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways +41,194 km742 miBUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Arkia, Israir Airlines1,222 km759 miEVNZvartnots International AirportArmenia · FlyOne1,243 km772 miAERSochi International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines, Azimuth1,347 km837 miVARVarna AirportBulgaria · Wizz Air1,393 km866 miTBSTbilisi International AirportGeorgia · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines +11,396 km867 miSKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Wizz Air, Aegean Airlines, Arkia +11,425 km885 miKRRKrasnodar Pashkovsky International AirportRussia · Azimuth1,495 km929 miMRVMineralnye Vody AirportRussia · Azimuth1,534 km953 miSOFSofia AirportBulgaria · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Wizz Air, Arkia +11,559 km969 miOTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., TAROM, FlyOne +51,591 km989 miGYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines1,650 km1,025 miTIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines1,705 km1,059 miRMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · FlyOne, SkyUp, Sun d'Or International Airlines +11,734 km1,077 miIASIaşi International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,796 km1,116 miTIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Israir Airlines1,834 km1,140 miCLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Wizz Air1,900 km1,181 miBEGBelgrade Nikola Tesla AirportSerbia · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia1,902 km1,182 miBRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Israir Airlines1,905 km1,184 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Wizz Air1,906 km1,184 miDEBDebrecen International AirportHungary · Wizz Air2,055 km1,277 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Tus Airways, Bluebird Airways, Wizz Air +12,082 km1,294 miPMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Wizz Air2,092 km1,300 miAUHZayed International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Etihad Airways2,107 km1,309 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · flydubai, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Arkia +12,132 km1,325 miBUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways, Wizz Air +22,165 km1,345 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · ITA Airways, Tus Airways, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. +42,278 km1,415 miBTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Wizz Air2,331 km1,448 miVIEVienna International AirportAustria · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways, Arkia +12,361 km1,467 miKRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, Sun d'Or International Airlines2,365 km1,470 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Wizz Air2,449 km1,522 miBLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Tus Airways, Bluebird Airways, Israir Airlines2,472 km1,536 miMSQMinsk National AirportBelarus · Belavia2,493 km1,549 miWAWWarsaw Chopin AirportPoland · LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, Sun d'Or International Airlines2,508 km1,558 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Neos2,543 km1,580 miADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines2,593 km1,611 miDMEDomodedovo International AirportRussia · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.2,612 km1,623 miVNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Wizz Air, Arkia, Israir Airlines2,627 km1,632 miZIAZhukovsky International AirportRussia · Red Wings Airlines2,630 km1,634 miPRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Smartwings, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways +12,635 km1,637 miBGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Tus Airways, Bluebird Airways2,639 km1,640 miMUCMunich AirportGermany · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways, Arkia +12,655 km1,650 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Wizz Air, Arkia +22,706 km1,681 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.2,809 km1,745 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways, Israir Airlines2,845 km1,768 miMRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Transavia2,882 km1,791 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Arkia, Israir Airlines2,885 km1,793 miRIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic2,894 km1,798 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Arkia2,919 km1,814 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Condor Flugdienst, Lufthansa2,953 km1,835 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Transavia, Sun d'Or International Airlines2,971 km1,846 miSKDSamarkand International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq, Uzbekistan Airways2,998 km1,863 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways, Arkia3,082 km1,915 miHAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Eurowings3,114 km1,935 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Eurowings, Israir Airlines3,135 km1,948 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Centrum Air, Qanot Sharq, FlyOne +13,212 km1,996 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Brussels Airlines3,251 km2,020 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Arkia3,284 km2,041 miORYParis-Orly AirportFrance · Transavia3,285 km2,041 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Bluebird Airways +13,312 km2,058 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia Express, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Air Europa +13,545 km2,203 miLGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · Wizz Air3,557 km2,210 miSTNLondon Stansted AirportUnited Kingdom · Arkia3,564 km2,215 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., British Airways3,589 km2,230 miLTNLondon Luton AirportUnited Kingdom · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Wizz Air, Israir Airlines3,601 km2,238 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Arkia3,628 km2,254 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Sun d'Or International Airlines3,977 km2,471 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · TAP Air Portugal, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Arkia4,021 km2,499 miRAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia4,029 km2,504 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air India4,046 km2,514 miSEZSeychelles International AirportSeychelles · Air Seychelles4,627 km2,875 miBKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Arkia6,946 km4,316 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.7,032 km4,369 miHANNoi Bai International AirportVietnam · Arkia7,032 km4,369 miPEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines7,142 km4,438 miSGNTan Son Nhat International AirportVietnam · Arkia7,661 km4,760 miSZXShenzhen Bao'an International AirportChina · Hainan Airlines7,699 km4,784 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.8,039 km4,995 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.8,818 km5,479 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., American Airlines +29,117 km5,665 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.9,141 km5,680 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Arkia9,203 km5,718 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada9,295 km5,776 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines9,481 km5,891 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines9,924 km6,166 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.10,608 km6,592 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.11,921 km7,407 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.12,167 km7,560 miEZEEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniArgentina · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.12,247 km7,610 miSeasonal31
RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Bluebird Airways, Aegean Airlines, Sun d'Or International Airlines +1793 km493 miKGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Bluebird Airways891 km554 miHERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Bluebird Airways, Aegean Airlines, Sun d'Or International Airlines +1971 km603 miJMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · Bluebird Airways, Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia1,059 km658 miCHQChania International AirportGreece · Bluebird Airways1,066 km662 miBUSAlexander Kartveli Batumi International AirportGeorgia · Sun d'Or International Airlines1,222 km759 miKLXKalamata AirportGreece · Arkia1,304 km810 miBOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Bluebird Airways1,342 km834 miVARVarna AirportBulgaria · Sun d'Or International Airlines1,393 km866 miEFLKefallinia AirportGreece · Sun d'Or International Airlines1,473 km915 miPVKAktion National AirportGreece · Bluebird Airways, Arkia1,490 km926 miCFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Bluebird Airways, Arkia, Israir Airlines1,589 km987 miTIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Arkia1,834 km1,140 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Sun d'Or International Airlines1,875 km1,165 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Israir Airlines1,906 km1,184 miSJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Israir Airlines1,951 km1,212 miZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Sun d'Or International Airlines2,222 km1,381 miTATPoprad-Tatry AirportSlovakia · Arkia2,256 km1,402 miCAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Sun d'Or International Airlines2,459 km1,528 miVRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Sun d'Or International Airlines, Arkia, Israir Airlines2,543 km1,580 miSZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Sun d'Or International Airlines2,545 km1,581 miSTRStuttgart AirportGermany · Israir Airlines2,834 km1,761 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Sun d'Or International Airlines2,885 km1,793 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · Arkia3,112 km1,934 miDUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · Bluebird Airways3,135 km1,948 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Sun d'Or International Airlines3,144 km1,954 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Israir Airlines3,628 km2,254 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Arkia4,276 km2,657 miSEZSeychelles International AirportSeychelles · Arkia4,627 km2,875 miHKTPhuket International AirportThailand · Arkia7,032 km4,369 miMNLNinoy Aquino International AirportPhilippines · Arkia8,802 km5,469 miSeasonal charter4
VARVarna AirportBulgaria · Israir Airlines1,393 km866 miPDVPlovdiv International AirportBulgaria · Israir Airlines1,427 km887 miRVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · Israir Airlines3,889 km2,417 miZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Israir Airlines4,276 km2,657 miCargo18
LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · UPS Airlines, Challenge Airlines IL339 km211 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Challenge Airlines IL1,194 km742 miDWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Challenge Airlines IL2,130 km1,324 miDXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Kalitta Air2,132 km1,325 miLUZLublin AirportPoland · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.2,358 km1,465 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Challenge Airlines IL2,706 km1,681 miLEJLeipzig/Halle AirportGermany · DHL Aviation, ASL Airlines2,839 km1,764 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd., Lufthansa Cargo2,953 km1,835 miCGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · UPS Airlines, Cargo Air3,088 km1,919 miLGGLiège AirportBelgium · Challenge Airlines IL, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.3,178 km1,975 miTASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · My Freighter Airlines3,212 km1,996 miHELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Challenge Airlines IL3,231 km2,008 miOSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Challenge Airlines IL3,587 km2,229 miNBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Astral Aviation3,712 km2,307 miALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Challenge Airlines IL, Kalitta Air3,872 km2,406 miHKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Challenge Airlines IL, Kalitta Air7,726 km4,801 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.8,039 km4,995 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Challenge Airlines IL, EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.9,117 km5,665 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from TLV. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Ben Gurion Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
61 airlines · destinations from TLVHub airlines6
IZArkia46LYEL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.366HIsrair Airlines32LYSun d'Or International Airlines265CChallenge Airlines IL10—Laufer Aviation-GHIPassenger47
BZBluebird Airways24W6Wizz Air24U8Tus Airways6A3Aegean Airlines55FFlyOne4UAUnited Airlines4A4Azimuth3HVTransavia3C6Centrum Air2EWEurowings2HUHainan Airlines2H7HiSky2LOLOT Polish Airlines2LHLufthansa2NONeos2HHQanot Sharq2WZRed Wings Airlines2HYUzbekistan Airways2ACAir Canada1UXAir Europa1AFAir France1AIAir India1HMAir Seychelles1BTAirBaltic1AAAmerican Airlines1AWGAnimawings1OSAustrian Airlines1J2Azerbaijan Airlines1B2Belavia1BABritish Airways1SNBrussels Airlines1FBBulgaria Air1DECondor Flugdienst1CYCyprus Airways1DLDelta Air Lines1ETEthiopian Airlines1EYEtihad Airways1FZflydubai1A9Georgian Airways1I2Iberia Express1AZITA Airways1KLKLM1GQSky Express1PQSkyUp1QSSmartwings1TPTAP Air Portugal1ROTAROM1Former hub of Up.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from TLV. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
6 channelsAPPBen Gurion Approach120.500
ATISATIS132.500
GNDBen Gurion Ground/Delivery129.200
TWRBen Gurion Tower134.600
CTRTel Aviv Control121.400
GNDBen Gurion Ground118.050