New York → Tel Aviv flights

JFK–TLV fares cluster near $243 — little room to game timing

Key takeaways

• Median fare of $243 across 30 daily snapshots, with most fares landing between $239 and $243 (the bottom quartile to median band)
• 18% spread from low to high ($237–$280) — moderate, but not wide enough to justify waiting for a dramatic drop
• The bottom quartile sits just $4 below the median ($239 vs $243), meaning the 'great deal' and 'typical price' are nearly the same fare
• The high end ($280) appears to be an outlier rather than the norm, since 75% of observed fares were $243 or below
• With fares this tightly banded, booking when you see $239–$243 is a reasonable target rather than chasing a rare low

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the JFK → TLV price history page.

The full picture

The 30-day snapshot window for JFK–TLV shows a route with unusually tight pricing. The median fare of $243 sits almost on top of the 25th percentile ($239), meaning there's little daylight between a 'good' fare and a 'typical' one. An 18% spread between the $237 low and $280 high is moderate by airfare standards, but the concentration of fares in the $239–$243 band suggests the $280 figure is an occasional spike rather than a common price point.

Because the data only captures a 30-day rolling window of cached fares rather than a full multi-month booking curve, we can't speak to how prices behave further out from departure — whether booking three months ahead versus three weeks ahead meaningfully changes the fare. What the data does show is that within this window, prices have been remarkably stable, which implies travelers don't need to time their purchase precisely to avoid overpaying. If you see a fare at or near $240, there's little evidence that waiting will produce meaningful savings.

We don't have visibility into a dominant carrier or day-of-week patterns in this dataset, so we can't make claims about specific airlines or departure days being cheaper. The honest takeaway: this route's pricing has been consistent enough that the main risk isn't mistiming your purchase — it's paying close to the $280 high during an isolated spike. Treat anything near the median as a fair deal, and don't hold out for a windfall the data doesn't support.

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