{"id":2472,"date":"2018-04-20T15:21:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spotting.co.il\/?p=2472"},"modified":"2018-04-20T15:21:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:21:08","slug":"spotting-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jts.glezer.co.il\/?p=2472","title":{"rendered":"Spotting in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Airplane spotting in Israel is a common hobby, there are many Israeli spotters that spend a lot of time around the civil airports and "hunt" the airplanes with their camera.<\/p>\n

Important<\/strong> – it is strictly forbidden to take pictures of any military activity or military zones, so if you a see a sign that restricts photography – don't take out your camera there.<\/p>\n

The biggest and busiest airport is TLV\/LLBG – "Ben-Gurion airport", located near the city of Lod, about 20min from Tel-Aviv.
\nBen-Gurion airport has 3 runways : 08-26, used mainly for takeoff (26), 03-21 used for landing (according to season, wind and hour), and 12-30 that used both for landing and takeoff (again, according to season. wind and hour).<\/p>\n

There are several good location for spotting airplanes around Ben-Gurion airport, here are the best three:<\/p>\n

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  1. A new spotting place located in parking lot No. 26 (also known as "Temech-Maaravi") – you can get there by car, or take the train from Tel-aviv (or Modiin) to the airport and then the free internal shuttle. It's an official spotting point, and has a good view on RWY 26 takeoffs or RWY 12 landings.
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