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JFK New York ⇄ TLV Tel Aviv

John F. Kennedy International Airport (United States) and Ben Gurion International Airport (Israel): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance9,117 km5,665 mi4,923 nautical miles
JFK → TLV10 h 35 minestimated block time
TLV → JFK12 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hTel Aviv vs New York, today
Great-circle route from New York (JFK) to Tel Aviv (TLV)JFKNew YorkTLVTel Aviv
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

JFK → TLV

10 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 54° (NE).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tel Aviv Sun 8 Nov, 03:35 local +1 day.

TLV → JFK

12 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 313° (NW).

Leave Tel Aviv Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 15:25 local.

JFK-bound flights are the slower direction by about 110 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance9,117 km · 5,665 mi · 4,923 nmi
Initial heading54° (NE) from JFK; 313° (NW) from TLV
Farthest from the equator52.0°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip46% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

JFKAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
TLVAsia/Jerusalem — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceTel Aviv is 6 hours ahead of New York today.

Jet lag, flying JFK → TLV. Your body clock has to move 6 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m TLV Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv, Israel · longest runway 13,327 ft4,062 m

Same cities, other airports

EWRTLV Newark – Tel Aviv 9,141 km5,680 mi · 10 h 35 min

More routes from JFK and TLV

JFKBOS New York – Boston 300 km186 mi · 1 h 20 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min JFKLHR New York – London 5,540 km3,442 mi · 6 h 50 min JFKMUC New York – Munich 6,481 km4,027 mi · 7 h 50 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min TLVCDG Tel Aviv – Paris 3,284 km2,040 mi · 5 h 05 min LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 min EWRTLV Newark – Tel Aviv 9,141 km5,680 mi · 10 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXCDG Los Angeles – Paris 9,103 km5,656 mi · 10 h 50 min SFOFRA San Francisco – Frankfurt 9,149 km5,685 mi · 11 h SFOICN San Francisco – Seoul 9,085 km5,645 mi · 12 h 20 min LHRJNB London – Johannesburg 9,075 km5,639 mi · 11 h 10 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).