- IATA
- TLV
- the code on your bag tag
- ICAO
- LLBG
- used by air traffic control
- Opened
- 1937
- per Wikidata
- Passengers
- 20M
- in 2022
History & name
Ben Gurion International Airport opened in 1937 and is named after David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), Israeli politician, Zionist leader and prime minister of Israel. Operated by the Israel Airports Authority, it lies 13 km from Tel Aviv, has 3 runways up to 4,062 m and handled 20 million passengers in 2022.
Named afterDavid Ben-Gurion — Israeli politician, Zionist leader, prime minister of Israel (1948–1953, 1955–1963) - (born1886–1973)
Read more: Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata ↗
At a glance
- Full name
- Ben Gurion International Airport
- Serves
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- City centre
- 13 km from Tel Aviv
- Opened
- 1937
- Operator
- Israel Airports Authority
- Passengers
- 20 million in 2022
- Runways
- 3 runways, longest 4,062 m
- Elevation
- 135 ft (41 m)
- Website
- iaa.gov.il ↗
Where it sits
32.0°N, 34.9°E puts TLV in the northern hemisphere, 3,560 km from the equator and 6,448 km from the North pole.
Of the 661 airports on this site it is the 285th most northerly, which makes it the 377th most southerly.
Straight through the middle
Straight down through the centre of the Earth comes out at 32.0°S, 145.1°W. The nearest airport on this site to that point is Fa'a'ā (PPT) in French Polynesia, still 1,670 km away — most of the planet's antipodes are ocean.
What’s near it
The closest other airport on this site is Queen Alia (AMM), 109 km away in a straight line. Nothing else on this site is within 100 km.
Distances from TLV
Great circle distance and an estimated time in the air.
| To | Distance | Estimated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | LHR | 3,589 km | 4h 58m |
Where these facts come from
The profile is looked up, not written from memory: type, runways, elevation and the official website from OurAirports (public domain); opening year, namesake, operator and passenger count from Wikidata (CC0); the city centre from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Where a source has nothing, the line is left out. Distances, neighbours and the antipode are computed from the coordinates.
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