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title: "London to Tel Aviv (LHR → TLV): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Tel Aviv is 3,589 km (2,230 mi) great circle, an estimated 4h 58m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-tlv
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LHR → TLV

# London to Tel Aviv: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

London Heathrow to Ben Gurion is 3,589 km of great circle — 2,230 mi — and an estimated 4h 58m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
3,589 km
2,230 mi

**Estimated in the air**
4h 58m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
51.5°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
9.0%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 157th longest.

The London to Tel Aviv route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses France, then Germany, then Slovenia, then Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Macedonia, then Turkey, then 628 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.5°N, 0% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 3,615 km. That is 26 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 2m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points south-east (113°); it arrives into Tel Aviv heading south-east (138°). That is 24° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 532 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[LHR–TLV carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=TLV) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-TLV)

From

LHR

## London Heathrow

London, United Kingdom · Europe

51.5°N, 0.5°W

[LHR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lhr) [Flights to London →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/london)

To

TLV

## Ben Gurion

Tel Aviv, Israel · Asia

32.0°N, 34.9°E

[TLV airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/tlv)

## London to Tel Aviv, asked and answered

**How far is London to Tel Aviv?**
London to Tel Aviv (LHR to TLV) is 3,589 km, or 2,230 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Tel Aviv?**
About 4h 58m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a London to Tel Aviv flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Germany, then Slovenia, then Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Macedonia, then Turkey, then 628 km of open water. It reaches 51.5°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[LHR → CAI London to Cairo 3,533 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cai) [LHR → AMM London to Amman 3,683 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-amm) [LHR → BEY London to Beirut 3,482 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bey) [LHR → TFS London to Tenerife 2,932 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-tfs) [LHR → IST London to Istanbul 2,487 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ist) [LHR → JED London to Jeddah 4,748 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-jed)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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