✈ AKL → SFO
13H 16M, 6,530 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Auckland to San Francisco
From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania → SFO (SFO), USA North America
How long is the flight from Auckland to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 13 hours 16 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,530 miles (10,509 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 16m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,530 mi
10,509 km · great-circle
Avg speed
792 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-19h
19 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~13.3d
Westward — easier
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.