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.

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 Ms. Reut Dror, Security Center Supervisor: Tel. No. 03-9750560 Fax No. 03-9750561 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.

To request a visit to Ben Gurion Airport, first download the form to your Desktop, fill it out and return it to: IAAVisit@iaa.gov.l

Note that you need to download the form and then input the details in the relevant fields.

Fields marked * are required.

The system supports the software version of Office 2007 and above.

Visit Request Form

Policy and Instructions:

· Requests for visits should be lodged at least two weeks in advance. Requests received less than two weeks prior to the date requested will be regarded as exceptional and will be treated as such.

· As a rule visits are allowed from Sundays through Thursdays only (not including holidays) from 09:00 to 16:00 (16:00 is regarded as the end of visits for that day).

· Visits are from two to three hours in length.

· After the request is received, it will be considered in consultation with the airport schedule.

· Visits are conducted in Hebrew or in English. Where translation into another language is required, this will be carried out at the responsibility and the expense of the person requesting the visit. The translator selected is to be authorized by the Security Section.

· PLEASE NOTE: payment may be required for some visits.

· Replies to requests will be issued up to 10 days after receipt of the request. Exceptional requests should also be confirmed by telephone with the Security Section – telephone no.: 03- 9752250.

· FOR YOUR INFORMATION: Some requests may be turned down for various reasons such as other visits, unavailability or security authorizations.