Private transfers from Ben Gurion International Airport
Ben Gurion is Israel's main international airport, on the northern edge of Lod, 20 km south-east of Tel Aviv and 45 km from Jerusalem. It sits on Highway 1, the road between the two cities, so both are within an hour in normal traffic. Terminal 3 handles most international flights, and your driver waits for you in its greeters' hall.
We run fixed-price transfers to Jerusalem and quote any address in central Israel and along the coast: Tel Aviv and Jaffa, Herzliya, Netanya, Caesarea and Haifa. Private cars run seven days a week, including on Shabbat, when trains and most buses stop, and your luggage goes into the boot once.
Arriving at Ben Gurion Airport: where to meet your driver
Most international flights use Terminal 3. After passport control, baggage reclaim and customs, walk into the greeters' hall on the ground floor, where your driver waits holding a sign with your name. Low-cost and some charter flights use Terminal 1; we check your flight number and send the driver to the right terminal. A free shuttle links the two around the clock.
Transfer times from Ben Gurion Airport
- Tel Aviv city centre: 20–40 minutes
- Jaffa: 25–45 minutes
- Herzliya Pituach: 30–50 minutes
- Netanya: 45 minutes – 1 hour 10 minutes
- Jerusalem: 50 minutes – 1 hour 25 minutes
- Caesarea: 1 hour – 1 hour 20 minutes
- Haifa: 1 hour 30 minutes – 2 hours
Shabbat and Jewish holidays
Trains and most buses in Israel stop from Friday afternoon until Saturday evening, and on Jewish holidays. Private transfers keep running, so a pre-booked car is the simplest way to reach your hotel if you land in that window. On Yom Kippur the roads fall silent and Ben Gurion closes to flights. More on travel around the country in our Israel transfer guide.