Security Instructions

For the safety of the flight, all departing passengers undergo a security check consisting of luggage and handbags checks, as well as a physical check.For efficiency's sake, different queues are assigned to passengers holding an Israeli passport and those holding foreign passports.

Please make sure to arrive three hours prior to the flight, with an updated passport for at least three months, and your flight ticket.

In order to avoid potential barcode confusion, we recommend that you remove old tags from your luggage and put new ones instead.

It is prohibited to carry sharp tools or utensils, such as pocketknives, scissors, nail files, etc, in your handbags or on your body. It is also prohibited to carry toys designed as realistic weapons.

Any objects meeting the above definition found during a security check will be confiscated, and the passenger carrying them will not be allowed to board his/her flight.

If necessary, objects meeting the above definition will be packed in the luggage designated to be carried in the plane's baggage compartment.

Photography films beyond ASA1600 may be harmed when screened - please contact the team leader on site.There may be case when a particular object will have to undergo a unique security check, and therefore be shipped on a different flight.

Instructions regarding carrying of hand luggage and personal luggage are found at the airline internet sites: List of airlines operating at Ben-Gurion Airport Ground Handling Agents El-Al's Internet Site Arkia's Internet Site Israir's Internet Site

Entering the terminal with a personal weapon is absolutely prohibited!

Carrying a personal weapon or tear gas is prohibited, both in the baggage and in handbags.

Gas balloons are prohibited on flights. Any weapons forgotten by the license holder will carry a formal police complaint against the owner, and he/she may miss his/her flight.

Please refrain from leaving objects or luggage unattended.

Please inform security personnel of any suspicious objects, vehicles or persons you may have noticed.

To avoid confusion or waiting in the wrong queue, please check your assigned flight sector beforehand. Owing to the utilization of new technologies applied to all passengers undergoing security checks, there may be some delay, we apologize and thank you for your patience.

After completing the security check, please refer to the relevant check-in counter.

To complete the security checks quickly and efficiently, escorts are requested to avoid being involved in the process. Security checks are undergone only by the passengers. Following the security check escorts may accompany passengers to the check-in counters and to the "Shechakim".Certain security precautions may obligate departing passengers to take leave of their escorts, and refer to the border inspection counters.

This service must be coordinated through the group's airline.
It is given to groups of 30 people or more holding foreign passports.
The service is available in hotels located in the center of the country.

The Security Division at Ben-Gurion Airport offers a new and improved service for businessmen who are guests of Israeli companies. In order to render this service, Israeli security trustees have been authorized for that purpose at Israeli companies hosting foreign businessmen. Those security trustees, who are the contact persons between their companies and the Security Center, pass on to the Center relevant details concerning the purpose of the visit of their guests and their stay in Israel. The security check for those passengers who take advantage of this service, is quicker and is based on advance notice from the security trustees. The Security Center has already formed contact with hundreds of Israeli companies, public and private, and has gained tremendous appreciation and gratitude for its high service standards given to the passengers taking advantage of its services. For more details concerning this service, the hosting Israeli company should contact Mr. Gilad Avidan, Security Center Supervisor: Tel. No. 03-9713132 Fax No. 03-9713139 mokdan_iaa@iaa.gov.il

On arrival please refer to the relevant border inspection counters, according to the passport you are holding. Different border inspections counters are assigned for those holding an Israeli passport and for those holding a foreign passport.

After passing the check, you may collect items previously purchased in our duty-free shops.

Please collect your baggage from the conveyor belt before leaving the terminal area.Passengers, whose luggage was sent separately, may collect it from the lost and found counters of their airline.