✈ ATL → OTP
11H 17M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.