✈ TLV → JFK

11H 36M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,665 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 36m
Distance
5,665 mi
Or
9,117 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Tel Aviv to New York

From Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East  →  JFK (JFK), USA North America

How long is the flight from Tel Aviv to New York?

A nonstop flight from Tel Aviv (TLV) to New York (JFK) takes about 11 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,665 miles (9,117 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 36m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,665 mi

9,117 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Tel Aviv timezone

UTC+3

Asia/Jerusalem

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Time difference

-7h

7 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.9d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1349 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1559 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 374 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.