✈ TLV → SFO
14H 57M IN A METAL TUBE. 7,407 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Tel Aviv to San Francisco
From Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East → SFO (SFO), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Tel Aviv
How long is the flight from Tel Aviv to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from Tel Aviv (TLV) to San Francisco (SFO) 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
Tel Aviv timezone
UTC+3
Asia/Jerusalem
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-10h
10 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Westward — easier
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 Tel Aviv
Nearest destinations
- Tel Aviv → 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
Long-haul from Tel Aviv
- 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
More flights to North America
Flights to San Francisco
Nearest origins
- 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 → San Francisco