Direct Flights from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv
Nonstop service from LAX to TLV on LY. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
About Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv, officially Tel Aviv-Yafo, and also known as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 494,900, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high-tech hub. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem.
Top things to do in Tel Aviv
- The Israel Museum is an art and archaeology museum in Jerusalem. It was established in 1965 as Israel's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum.
- The Western Wall is an ancient retaining wall of the built-up hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount of Jerusalem.
- The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash, is an organization in Israel focusing on establishing the Third Temple.
- The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
- Yad Vashem is Israel's official memorial institution to the victims of the Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah (שואה).
- The Bible Lands Museum is an archaeological museum in Jerusalem, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenic…
- The City of David, known locally mostly in Arabic as Wadi Hilweh, is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
- The Museum of Philistine Culture is an archaeological museum in Ashdod (Israel). The museum is dedicated to the culture of the Philistines, the ancient people who inhabited the maritime part of Israel from the XII centur…
- Caesarea, also Caesarea Maritima, Caesarea Palaestinae or Caesarea Stratonis, was an ancient and medieval port city on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean, and later a small fishing village.
- Beit Shemesh is a city located approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Jerusalem in Israel's Jerusalem District. A center of Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodoxy, Beit Shemesh had a population of 176,786 as of 2024.
- Mini Israel is a miniature park located near Latrun in Jerusalem within the Ayalon Valley. Opened in November 2002, the site contains miniature replicas of hundreds of buildings and landmarks in Israel.
- Yavne is a city in the Central District of Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 58,090.
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Planning a trip to Tel Aviv
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Tel Aviv is November–April, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–78°F.
- How long to stay
- Tel Aviv rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Israel Museum, Western Wall, and Temple Institute and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tel Aviv (TLV) on LY.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv?
- LY flies nonstop between Los Angeles (LAX) and Tel Aviv (TLV).
- How far is Tel Aviv from Los Angeles?
- Tel Aviv is about 7,560 miles from Los Angeles by air.
- What is there to do in Tel Aviv?
- Popular things to do include Israel Museum, Western Wall, Temple Institute, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and more.
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