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✈ AMS → SFO

11H 13M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,459 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 13m
Distance
5,459 mi
Or
8,786 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Amsterdam to San Francisco

From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Amsterdam

How long is the flight from Amsterdam to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,459 miles (8,786 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,459 mi

8,786 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1300 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1502 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 360 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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