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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

TLV Tel Aviv ⇄ CDG Paris

Ben Gurion International Airport (Israel) and Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance3,284 km2,040 mi1,773 nautical miles
TLV → CDG5 h 05 minestimated block time
CDG → TLV4 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hParis vs Tel Aviv, today
Great-circle route from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Paris (CDG)TLVTel AvivCDGParis
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

TLV → CDG

5 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 315° (NW).

Leave Tel Aviv Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 14:05 local.

CDG → TLV

4 h 30 min

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

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tel Aviv Sat 7 Nov, 15:30 local.

CDG-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 distance3,284 km · 2,040 mi · 1,773 nmi
Initial heading315° (NW) from TLV; 113° (ESE) from CDG
Farthest from the equator49.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip16% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

TLVAsia/Jerusalem — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceParis is 1 hour behind Tel Aviv today.

Jet lag, flying TLV → CDG. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward 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

TLV Ben Gurion International AirportTel Aviv, Israel · longest runway 13,327 ft4,062 m CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m

More routes from TLV and CDG

LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 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 LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min BOSCDG Boston – Paris 5,535 km3,439 mi · 6 h 50 min ORDCDG Chicago – Paris 6,665 km4,141 mi · 8 h 05 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

SYDPER Sydney – Perth 3,277 km2,036 mi · 5 h 10 min YYZYVR Toronto – Vancouver 3,346 km2,079 mi · 5 h 15 min JFKMEX New York – Mexico City 3,365 km2,091 mi · 5 h 05 min SYDNAN Sydney – Nadi (Fiji) 3,169 km1,969 mi · 4 h 25 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).