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LHR London ⇄ TLV Tel Aviv

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Ben Gurion International Airport (Israel): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance3,589 km2,230 mi1,938 nautical miles
LHR → TLV4 h 50 minestimated block time
TLV → LHR5 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hTel Aviv vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Tel Aviv (TLV)LHRLondonTLVTel 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

LHR → TLV

4 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 113° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tel Aviv Sat 7 Nov, 16:50 local.

TLV → LHR

5 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 318° (NW).

Leave Tel Aviv Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 13:30 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 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 distance3,589 km · 2,230 mi · 1,938 nmi
Initial heading113° (ESE) from LHR; 318° (NW) from TLV
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip18% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
TLVAsia/Jerusalem — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceTel Aviv is 2 hours ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → TLV. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m TLV Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv, Israel · longest runway 13,327 ft4,062 m

More routes from LHR and TLV

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min AMMLHR Amman – London 3,683 km2,288 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min TLVCDG Tel Aviv – Paris 3,284 km2,040 mi · 5 h 05 min JFKTLV New York – Tel Aviv 9,117 km5,665 mi · 10 h 35 min EWRTLV Newark – Tel Aviv 9,141 km5,680 mi · 10 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

IAHBOG Houston – Bogotá 3,585 km2,228 mi · 5 h JFKLAS New York – Las Vegas 3,609 km2,243 mi · 5 h 40 min ICNBKK Seoul – Bangkok 3,669 km2,280 mi · 5 h 25 min LAXIAD Los Angeles – Washington 3,674 km2,283 mi · 4 h 50 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).