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Ben Gurion International Airport (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym as Natbag, is the main international airport of Israel and the busiest one in the country. The airport is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Lod, northwest of Jerusalem and southeast of Tel Aviv.

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Initially constructed, during the British Mandate for Palestine,  it was built in 1934 and by 1937 Lydda Airport boasted four fully operational concrete runways.

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In 1943, the airport was renamed "RAF Station Lydda" and continued to serve as a major airfield for military air transport and aircraft ferry operations between military bases in Europe, Africa, the Middle East (mainly Iraq and Persia) and South/Southeast Asia.

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The British gave up the airport at the end of April 1948 and it was taken over by the newly formed state of Israel. It was renamed in 1973 after David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister.

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The airport is operated by the Israel Airports Authority – a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and border crossings in Israel.