✈ SFO → TLV
14H 57M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO TEL AVIV. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from San Francisco to Tel Aviv
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Tel Aviv → San Francisco
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Tel Aviv?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Tel Aviv (TLV) takes about 14 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,407 miles (11,921 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 57m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,407 mi
11,921 km · great-circle
Avg speed
798 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Tel Aviv timezone
UTC+3
Asia/Jerusalem
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
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 San Francisco
Nearest destinations
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Las Vegas
- San Francisco → Seattle
- San Francisco → Vancouver
- San Francisco → Dallas
- San Francisco → Chicago
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Atlanta
- San Francisco → Toronto
- San Francisco → Cancun
Long-haul from San Francisco
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
- Las Vegas → Tel Aviv
- Cancun → Tel Aviv
- Dallas → Tel Aviv