SFO → TLVSan Francisco to Tel Aviv

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Direct flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Tel Aviv (TLV): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 13 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 11,921 km, an estimated 15 hours 47 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at San Francisco and Tel Aviv. Updated 30 October 2026 at 19:24 UTC.

SFO San Francisco smooth · +0
TLV Tel Aviv smooth · +0
11,921 km · ~15h 47m est.
departs 14:003x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live SFO and TLV delay boards

Median arrival delay is +13 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+13 minacross the last 3 arrivals
Flight time~15h 47mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
El Al Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
El Al AirlinesLY

Flights LY48 14:00 Tu Th Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-29LY48dep −1 → arr+13
10-27LY48dep −4 → arr−24
10-25LY48dep +53 → arr+17

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
SFOSan Francisco +0 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · N 0 kt Full SFO delay board →
TLVTel Aviv +0 min smooth 🌤 few clouds · NW 11 kt Full TLV delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at TLV: a 60% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +28 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the San Francisco to Tel Aviv route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SFO to TLV flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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Pro Flight Search: San Francisco (SFO) to Tel Aviv (TLV) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.

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How we measure this →

SFO to TLV questions

Is SFO–TLV running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from SFO to TLV?

Great-circle distance is 11,921 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 871–1052 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does SFO–TLV fly?

El Al Airlines runs the route with about 3 flights a week (sun, tue, thu). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at SFO and arrival-side delay at TLV, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.