In 1945, at the end of the war, civilian activities at the airport slowly returned to full volume and reached a peak in 1946, when a regular route between the U.S.A. and Israel was inaugurated, using DC4 aircraft belonging to TWA.

Towards the end of the British Mandate (1948), the “Zippora” unit of the Givati Brigade was sent to the airport, to look after local Jewish interests and with the intention of taking over the various installations on the day the British left.

At the end of April, 1948, the British left the airport facilities, and aviation activities ceased almost completely. The Jewish workers, including the members of the “Zippora” Unit, left the airport together with the British, and only local Arab forces and soldiers of the Jordanian Legion remained within the boundaries of the airport.

The civilian aviation activities were temporarily moved to the airfield at Ein Shemer, but within a short period of time Lod airport was taken over by I.D.F. units within the operation known as “Operation Dani”, on July 10, 1948. The airport was transferred to the hands of the Ministry of Transport, and preparations were made for the renewal of aviation activities.

The airport, called Lod Airport at the time, was officially re-opened in November 1948, with the landing of a  Czech airliner on the Prague-Rome-Lod route (24 November, 1948). El Al airlines commenced activities from the airport in July 1949, with a flight to Paris via Rome. During the first year of independence of the State of Israel, about 40,000 passengers passed though Lod Airport.