✈ ATL → OTP

11H 17M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 17m
Distance
5,498 mi
Or
8,848 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Atlanta to Bucharest

From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America  →  Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe

How long is the flight from Atlanta to Bucharest?

A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 11 hours 17 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,498 miles (8,848 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 17m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,498 mi

8,848 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Atlanta timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Bucharest timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Bucharest

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1310 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1513 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 363 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.