Direct Flights from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv · Israel
Nonstop service from LAX to TLV on El Al. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 6 cities have a nonstop to Tel Aviv, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to Tel Aviv for, from Los Angeles
15h 35m in the air, 7,560 miles. Give Tel Aviv a week: the first day goes to the journey and the jet lag, whatever you intend.
The schedule narrows it further. This route does not fly daily, so assuming the return runs the same days, your trip is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week. Worth checking before you book time off.
About Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv is the second largest city in Israel, and the largest metropolitan area. It is on the Mediterranean coast, about 60 km northwest of Jerusalem and 100 km south of Haifa. The official name is Tel Aviv-Yafo, and reflects the fact that the city has grown beside the ancient port city of Yafo, to the south of the new city center. Tel Aviv is home to most embassies in Israel.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
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.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Tel Aviv weather, compared with Los Angeles
9° warmer than Los Angeles on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Tel Aviv 65°F · Los Angeles 66°F · much the same
- April
- Tel Aviv 78°F · Los Angeles 68°F · 10° warmer
- July
- Tel Aviv 91°F · Los Angeles 75°F · 16° warmer
- October
- Tel Aviv 85°F · Los Angeles 74°F · 10° warmer
Tel Aviv also swings harder through the year than Los Angeles does — 26° between its coldest and warmest months against 11°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
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 65–78°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 El Al.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv?
- El Al flies nonstop between Los Angeles (LAX) and Tel Aviv (TLV).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv.
- How far is Tel Aviv from Los Angeles?
- Tel Aviv is about 7,560 miles from Los Angeles by air.
- How many days can I spend in Tel Aviv flying from Los Angeles?
- Because this route doesn't operate daily, your trip is effectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 nights — or a full week — assuming the return flies the same days as the outbound.
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to Israel?
- Yes — Tel Aviv (TLV) has nonstop service from Los Angeles on El Al, making it a nonstop gateway to Israel.
- 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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