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✈ CPH → SFO

11H 14M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,472 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 14m
Distance
5,472 mi
Or
8,807 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Copenhagen to San Francisco

From Kastrup (CPH), Denmark Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Copenhagen

How long is the flight from Copenhagen to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Copenhagen (CPH) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,472 miles (8,807 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 14m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,472 mi

8,807 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Copenhagen timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Copenhagen

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 1303 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1506 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 361 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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