How early you need to get the airport depends on where you are flying *from*, not where you are flying *to* (apart from whether it is domestic or international, of course). I would suggest people look on the airport's website for advice. For example, London Heathrow airport says:
http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/page/Heathrow%5EGeneral%5EAirport+information%5EChecking+in/badb9e9260599110VgnVCM10000036821c0a____/448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/ "As a general guide, you should allow: Three hours before scheduled departure for long-haul and El Al flights." (Interestingly, it does single out El Al flights, which I wasn't expecting when I started this email!) On 30 July 2011 07:57, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Some Wikimaniacs already landed in Israel, but most of you will be > flying in the next few days. > > The travel agent who sold you the plane ticket must have told you > this, but let me re-iterate it, because it's very, very important: > When you go to Israel, arrive to the airport three and a half hours > before the departure! For example, if your flight departs at 22:00, > you must already be at the airport at 18:30. Yes, that is a lot of > time. It is needed because of security checks, although it doesn't > mean that you'll spend three hours in interrogations and X-rays - > you'll probably spend most of it reading or browsing the duty-free > store. Nevertheless, don't arrive late! > > The same is true for the return flight: When you go from Israel back > home, arrive at the Ben-Gurion airport three and a half hours before > the departure. > > Make sure you take a good book to spend the waiting time productively! :) > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > "We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace." - T. Moore > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
