How to Get to Ben Gurion Airport from Jerusalem
Egged bus line 947 and 950 leaves from the Jerusalem Central Bus Station frequently and takes 39 minutes to get to the airport. At Airport City, you transfer to a shuttle that takes you to your terminal. Tickets cost 21.50
Get to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station at least 15 minutes before departure time. Security is tight at the station, and you have to wait in line to get through the guards at the entrance of the building. Once inside, you will be asked to run your bag through an X-ray machine just like in airports. That done, head to the ticket counter. If the line at the ticket booths is long and you are cutting it close, head straight to the departure gate. You can pay your fare directly to the bus driver. The shared taxi – known locally as a sherut – is an Israeli institution. You’ll find a sherut stand down a short way down from the Central Bus Station, on the same side of Jaffa Street. The vans here run to Tel Aviv or Beit Shemesh. You have to wait until a van fills up before it leaves.
To get a shared taxi to pick you up right at your hotel, have the concierge order one for you the day before your departure. You can also call a shared taxi company to pick you up at any private address in Jerusalem. Make arrangements the day before. You can hail a taxi off the street, or call a cab company. If you have lots of luggage, call the cab company and tell them that you’ll need a large vehicle. By law a taxi can only take four passengers. Average cost from Jerusalem is 180 shekels. From Jerusalem, trains leave for Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport every hour starting at 5:40 am to 9:40 a.m. After 9:40 a.m. trains run every two hours until 19:40 p.m. Then they run every hour until the last train at 21:40. For our caveat about train travel between Jerusalem and Ben Gurion, please click here.
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