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Ben Gurion Airport

main international airport of Israel
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Summary

Ben Gurion Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,278 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Central District[3]
  • Country: Israel[4]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[5]
  • Operator: Israel Airports Authority[6]
  • Named after: David Ben-Gurion[7]
  • IATA airport code: TLV[8]
  • ICAO airport code: LLBG[9]
  • Commons category: Ben Gurion International Airport[10]
  • Scheduled service destination: Narita International Airport[11]
  • Runway: 03/21[12], 08/26[13], 12/30[14]
  • Inception: April 1937[15]
  • Coordinate location: 32.009444444444, 34.882777777778[16]
  • Interchange station: Ben Gurion Airport railway station[17]
  • Official website: http://www.iaa.gov.il/he-il/airports/bengurion/pages/default.aspx[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ben Gurion International Airport[19]
  • Place served by transport hub: Tel Aviv[20], Jerusalem[21]
  • Commons gallery: Ben Gurion International Airport[22]
  • Official name: Ben Gurion International Airport[23]
  • Short name: Tel Aviv-Ben-Gourion[24], Tel Aviv Ben-Gurion[25]
  • Elevation above sea level: 135[26]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 32.0114, 34.8867[27]
  • Adjacent structure or building: Lod Air Force Base[28]
  • Patronage: 8,916,436[29], 9,879,470[30], 8,349,657[31], 7,308,977[32], 7,392,026[33], 8,051,895[34], 8,917,421[35], 9,221,558[36], 10,102,793[37], 10,526,562[38], 8,812,563[39], 11,550,433[40], 10,500,504[41], 10,925,970[42]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Ben Gurion Airport include it railway station[43], an airport railway station[44], in Israel[45].

Why It Matters

Ben Gurion Airport has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 147 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include it railway station[43], an airport railway station[44], in Israel[45].

Related Entities

David Ben-Gurion EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. Israel Jerusalem Lod Tel Aviv

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "LLBG"]
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "LLBG"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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