Ben Gurion Airport Fines: Number of Tickets Jumps Over Three Years

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The automatic camera system installed at Ben Gurion Airport in August 2024 raised the number of tickets by 709% within three years, from 6,300 tickets a year to nearly 51,000. In 2025, about 16.5 million shekels were collected.

Each month about 4,000 tickets worth roughly 2 million shekels are issued at Ben Gurion Airport. The fine for stopping in a prohibited place stands at 500 shekels, and it is enforced against drivers who stop to pick up family members or friends.

Drivers describe receiving tickets while driving slowly around Terminal 3 without stopping. The regulations define stopping and waiting, but slow driving has no explicit definition. The money collected is transferred in full to the state treasury and not to the Israel Airports Authority.