Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv flight path

The shortest path on the sphere. On a flat map it looks curved; on the globe it is a straight line.

Along the shortest route, the flight from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv covers 7,610 miles (12,250 km) — about 14 h 35 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Egypt and Israel. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Guinea and the Mediterranean Sea: 56% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−3 and land on UTC+3.

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From Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE) to Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) · EZE · TLV

EZEBuenos Aires

TLVTel Aviv

Great-circle distance: 12,250 km
Duration, no wind: 14 h 35 min
Over water: 56 %
Time difference today: +6 h

The route drawn is the theoretical one — the shortest path on the sphere. The real aircraft follows airways, avoids storms and closed airspace, and rides the wind: it can be hundreds of kilometres off.

What countries do you fly over from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv?

Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Togo
Benin
Nigeria
Niger
Chad
Egypt
Israel
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
Mediterranean Sea

Which side of the plane to sit on to see Kegueur Terbi

To see Kegueur Terbi (3,376 m), sit on the right: it lies about 107 km from the route, ≈ 12 h 05 min into the flight.

Left window

Abidjan ≈ 8 h 35 min
Abobo ≈ 8 h 35 min
Kumasi ≈ 8 h 55 min
Sokoto ≈ 10 h 05 min
Port Said ≈ 14 h 00 min

Right window

Montevideo ≈ 30 min
Kegueur Terbi (3,376 m) ≈ 12 h 05 min
Bikku Bitti (2,266 m) ≈ 12 h 10 min
Giza ≈ 13 h 50 min
Cairo ≈ 13 h 50 min
Shubrā al Khaymah ≈ 13 h 50 min
Suez ≈ 14 h 00 min

Left and right facing forward, on the theoretical route. Times are from take-off, with no wind.

Leg by leg

LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change

See the full list, leg by leg

Take-off from Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini
Below: Pampas0 km · ≈ 15 min into the flight
Montevideo, Uruguay — on the right, 103 km away188 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
Below: Cuchilla Grande286 km · ≈ 35 min into the flight
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Guinea — 6,570 km without land735 km · ≈ 1 h 05 min into the flight
Abidjan, Ivory Coast — on the left, 99 km away7,240 km · ≈ 8 h 35 min into the flight
Abobo, Ivory Coast — on the left, 105 km away7,240 km · ≈ 8 h 35 min into the flight
Below: Ivory Coast7,310 km · ≈ 8 h 40 min into the flight
Land again7,310 km · ≈ 8 h 40 min into the flight
Local time below changes: UTC−3 to UTC+07,310 km · ≈ 8 h 40 min into the flight
Kumasi, Ghana — on the left, 34 km away7,530 km · ≈ 8 h 55 min into the flight
Local time below changes: UTC+0 to UTC+18,000 km · ≈ 9 h 25 min into the flight
Sokoto, Nigeria — on the left, 68 km away8,570 km · ≈ 10 h 05 min into the flight
Below: Sahel8,860 km · ≈ 10 h 25 min into the flight
Below: Ténéré9,230 km · ≈ 10 h 50 min into the flight
Below: Sahara10,000 km · ≈ 11 h 45 min into the flight
Below: Tibesti Mountains10,040 km · ≈ 11 h 50 min into the flight
Kegueur Terbi, 3,376 m — on the right, 107 km away10,260 km · ≈ 12 h 05 min into the flight
Local time below changes: UTC+1 to UTC+210,330 km · ≈ 12 h 05 min into the flight
Bikku Bitti, 2,266 m — on the right, 83 km away10,340 km · ≈ 12 h 10 min into the flight
Below: Libyan Desert10,530 km · ≈ 12 h 20 min into the flight
Below: Calanshio Sand Sea10,740 km · ≈ 12 h 35 min into the flight
Below: Western Desert11,140 km · ≈ 13 h 05 min into the flight
Local time below changes: UTC+2 to UTC+311,140 km · ≈ 13 h 05 min into the flight
Giza, Egypt — on the right, 16 km away11,830 km · ≈ 13 h 50 min into the flight
Cairo, Egypt — on the right, 13 km away11,840 km · ≈ 13 h 50 min into the flight
Below: Nile Delta11,840 km · ≈ 13 h 50 min into the flight
Shubrā al Khaymah, Egypt — on the right, 7 km away11,840 km · ≈ 13 h 50 min into the flight
Below: Eastern Desert11,880 km · ≈ 13 h 55 min into the flight
Suez, Egypt — on the right, 85 km away11,940 km · ≈ 14 h 00 min into the flight
Port Said, Egypt — on the left, 50 km away11,990 km · ≈ 14 h 00 min into the flight
Water starts: Mediterranean Sea12,080 km · ≈ 14 h 10 min into the flight
Landing at Ben Gurion International Airport12,250 km · ≈ 14 h 20 min into the flight

Times assume a typical jet speed, no wind and an on-time departure. Good for orientation, not for your watch.

Which side the sun, sunrise or sunset will be on

Enter the day and take-off time. Your phone does the maths: the sun's position on every leg of the route, relative to the nose of the aircraft.

Take-offLanding

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Arriving in Tel Aviv

Flight time and distance

About 14 h 35 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

7,610 miles (12,250 km, 6,610 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

Time zones you cross

km	Time	Zone
0 km	UTC−3	Buenos Aires
7,310 km	UTC+0	Accra
8,000 km	UTC+1	Porto-Novo
10,330 km	UTC+2	Tripoli
11,140 km	UTC+3	Cairo

Airspace (FIRs) along the route

Each is a control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate, from the VATSIM data set, not the official ICAO chart.

Montevideo
Curitiba
Atlantico
Dakar Oceanic
Roberts
Abidjan
Accra
Kano
Niamey
N'Djamena
Tripoli
Cairo
Tel Aviv

FAQ

Where does the plane fly from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv?

What countries do you fly over from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv?

It passes over or close to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Egypt and Israel, and crosses the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Guinea and the Mediterranean Sea. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.

How long is the flight from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv?

About 14 h 35 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.

How far is Buenos Aires from Tel Aviv by plane?

7,610 miles (12,250 km, 6,610 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.

How much of the flight is over water?

56% of the route, about 6,820 km. The longest stretch without land is 6,570 km.

Why doesn't the plane fly in a straight line on the map?

It does fly straight — on a sphere. On a flat map the shortest path looks curved; on the globe on this page it looks like what it is.

Does GPS work in airplane mode?

Yes. GPS is a receiver: it listens to satellites and transmits nothing, so it keeps working in airplane mode. What you won't have is a map unless you downloaded it; Modo Avión carries its own.

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How this was calculated

The route is the great-circle arc between both airports, split into 300 points. At each point a point-in-polygon test runs against 1,102 airspace regions, 418 time zones and 1,338 physical geography regions. Countries are those with a town within 25 km of the route: in empty areas one may be missing. Cities named have over 250,000 people and lie within 110 km.