✈ ICN → TLV

10H 19M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 19m
Distance
4,995 mi
Or
8,039 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Seoul to Tel Aviv

From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia  →  Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Tel Aviv → Seoul

How long is the flight from Seoul to Tel Aviv?

A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Tel Aviv (TLV) takes about 10 hours 19 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,995 miles (8,039 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 19m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,995 mi

8,039 km · great-circle

Avg speed

779 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seoul timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Seoul

Tel Aviv timezone

UTC+3

Asia/Jerusalem

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1190 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1375 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 330 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.