Security Guidelines
The Security Check
- All passengers departing from Ramon Airport must undergo a security check by security personnel.
- As part of the security check passengers will be asked questions pertaining to flight security.
- Ramon Airport operates an automatic passenger baggage screening system – HBS. The system was developed in order to improve the level of passenger service.
Passengers must leave their suitcase open or alternatively locked with a TSA lock. If the technological system issues an alert regarding a suspicious item, it sends the suitcase for manual inspection.
A brochure is placed in every suitcase that is manually inspected, informing the passenger that their baggage was opened by a security inspector.
- After completing check in at the airline counter passengers must undergo a body and carry-on luggage check. There are innovative technological means for quick and efficient passenger inspection. Passengers must place all the items they have on them and in their pockets in a designated box.
- In addition, passengers must pass through an arch magnetometer and follow security personnel instructions.
Security Check for a Domestic Flight
Passengers must arrive for the flight about one and a half hours before departure.
Please present one of the following IDs:
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- Israeli ID card
- Israeli driver’s license
- IDF enlisted soldier/officer military ID card
- Police officer ID card (not including volunteers)
- Passport / laissez-passer
- Alfa card
* The form of identification presented must be valid.
* Children under 16 years of age will present a photocopy of a parent’s ID Card with the Addendum.
* A passenger holding an Alfa Card will undergo the security check at the self-service counter located to the left of the entrance gates to the public hall (Gate 32). In case of a failure the passenger shall present one of the aforementioned forms of identification.
Passengers who travel to Ben Gurion Airport on a regular basis with only hand luggage can issue this card at the airport for a quicker security check.
Security Check for an International Flight
Passengers must arrive for the flight 3 hours before departure.
At the security check for an international flight passengers must present a valid passport and an airline ticket or a boarding pass from advance check in.
Assisted Passengers
To contact a representative of the ground services company use the assisted passenger telephone counter located at the entrance to the terminal (near Gate 31).
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The Alpha card is intended for passengers who frequently travel on domestic flights. It is issued subject to security regulations and is available only to passengers traveling without weapons and with hand luggage only.
The Alpha card can be issued at Ramon Airport during operating hours.
Passengers are required to present themselves in person to a security representative with a valid ID card, driver’s license, or passport.
The issuance process takes a few minutes; therefore, passengers with a flight on the same day are advised to arrive at the airport approximately two hours prior to departure.