✈ JNB → TLV
8H 30M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Johannesburg to Tel Aviv
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Tel Aviv → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Tel Aviv?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Tel Aviv (TLV) takes about 8 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,041 miles (6,504 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 30m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,041 mi
6,504 km · great-circle
Avg speed
766 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Tel Aviv timezone
UTC+3
Asia/Jerusalem
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Johannesburg
Nearest destinations
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Johannesburg → Doha
- Johannesburg → Cairo
- Johannesburg → Abu Dhabi
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
Long-haul from Johannesburg
Flights to Tel Aviv
Nearest origins
- Cairo → Tel Aviv
- Istanbul → Tel Aviv
- Athens → Tel Aviv
- Bucharest → Tel Aviv
- Doha → Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi → Tel Aviv
- Dubai → Tel Aviv
- Budapest → Tel Aviv
- Rome → Tel Aviv
- Vienna → Tel Aviv
Long-haul to Tel Aviv
- Auckland → Tel Aviv
- Sydney → Tel Aviv
- Melbourne → Tel Aviv
- Santiago → Tel Aviv
- Mexico City → Tel Aviv
- Buenos Aires → Tel Aviv
- Los Angeles → Tel Aviv
- San Francisco → Tel Aviv
- Las Vegas → Tel Aviv
- Cancun → Tel Aviv