✈ MEL → TLV

17H 7M FROM MELBOURNE TO TEL AVIV. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
17h 7m
Distance
8,538 mi
Or
13,741 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Melbourne to Tel Aviv

From Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania  →  Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Tel Aviv → Melbourne

How long is the flight from Melbourne to Tel Aviv?

A nonstop flight from Melbourne (MEL) to Tel Aviv (TLV) takes about 17 hours 7 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,538 miles (13,741 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 7m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,538 mi

13,741 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Tel Aviv timezone

UTC+3

Asia/Jerusalem

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 2034 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2350 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 563 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.