Originally Posted by
sabbasolo
Here are the official restrictions on night flight:
NIGHT FLYING RESTRICTIONS
RWY 30 is not available for take-off between 2300-0600LT, unless approved, in exceptional circumstances, by APT manager.
Other RWYs: ACFT shall not take off between 0140-0530LT during winter season, and 0140-0500LT during summer season. Take-off between 0140-0200LT shall be approved, only in exceptional circumstances, by APT manager.
Take-off between 0530-0600LT during winter season, and 0500-0600LT during summer season, shall be approved in one of the following conditions: 1) The noise level will not exceed a "Reduced Noise Level" as recorded by the Noise monitoring terminals (NMT). "Reduced Noise Level", for this matter, is a noise level that will not exceed the maximum noise level of -3 dbA, approved for departures of ACFT with MAX take-off weight of less than 300t. (Refer to chart LLBG 10-4). 2) Flights, scheduled to depart before the night take-off restriction, and were delayed, may be approved by APT manager, without the restriction above.
Exceptions: - ACFT rendering medical assistance; - Firefighting ACFT; - Cloud-seeding flights; - Other special flights only by prior permission from CAAI.
Also note that LY has special clearance to depart during the curfew on Fridays, so that the aircraft could be back to Israel before Shabbat enters.
Thus in the winter they operate 3AM flights to LTN, AMS etc.