What airport is TLV?
Why the code is TLV
Tel aViv.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- TLV
- ICAO code
- LLBG
- Airport
- Ben Gurion Airport
- City
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Code origin
- Documented
The ICAO code LLBG spells out Ben Gurion, while the IATA code names the city instead — a common split. The airport has a departures hall with a stone-lined ramp descending to passport control, designed so arriving passengers walk down into the country rather than through a corridor.
The other code, LLBG
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, TLV, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, LLBG, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why LLBG looks nothing like TLV.
Common questions
- What airport is TLV?
- Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Why is Tel Aviv's airport called TLV?
- Tel aViv.
- What is the difference between TLV and LLBG?
- TLV is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. LLBG is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
Related pages
- Israel Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of Israel Colours, symbols and lookalikes
- Airport codes in Israel 1 here
Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)