Ben Gurion International Airport TLV / LLBG

Israel's principal international gateway, handling nearly all of the country's scheduled international air traffic and serving as home base for El Al, Israir, Arkia and CAL Cargo Air Lines (Wikipedia also lists El Al leisure subsidiary Sundor as a based hub carrier). 2025 traffic was 19,160,160 total passengers (+32% YoY), split 18,470,531 international and 689,629 domestic, with 140,736 aircraft movements (+30% YoY) - confirmed against Wikipedia/IAA-sourced statistics and matching the draft figure exactly. Traffic rebounded sharply after the 2023-2024 regional conflict suppressed volumes. Runways 08/26 and 12/30 physically intersect near their western ends, so only two of the airport's three runways are ever used simultaneously (typically the extended 03/21 paired with 08/26 in 'open-V' configuration); all runways are believed to be ILS CAT I only (no CAT II/III), consistent with periodic fog-related diversions reported in Israeli aviation press, though this was not re-confirmed against a primary AIP source. El Al does not fly on Shabbat or Yom Kippur for religious-observance reasons; the airport itself stays open H24. TLV is understood to be an IATA Level 3 (fully coordinated) slot airport, so planners should expect advance slot coordination and periodic security- or labor-driven schedule volatility - e.g. a wildcat labor strike disrupted operations around 20-21 Aug 2026. The draft's specific numeric claims for nightly curfew clock-times, a Terminal 1 '28 Jun 2026' reopening date, and a 72-hour non-based-aircraft parking limit could not be independently verified against a primary AIP source; the Terminal 1 date has been removed as unsupported, and the curfew/parking figures are flagged in-line for a follow-up AIP check rather than deleted outright.