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✈ BRU → SFO

11H 20M FROM BRUSSELS TO SAN FRANCISCO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
11h 20m
Distance
5,526 mi
Or
8,893 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Brussels to San Francisco

From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Brussels

How long is the flight from Brussels to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 20 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,526 miles (8,893 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 20m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,526 mi

8,893 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

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 1316 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1521 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 365 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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