✈ DEL → SFO
15H 29M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Delhi to San Francisco
From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia → SFO (SFO), USA North America
How long is the flight from Delhi to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 15 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,694 miles (12,382 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
15h 29m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,694 mi
12,382 km · great-circle
Avg speed
799 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Delhi timezone
UTC+5:30
Asia/Kolkata
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-12.5h
12h 30m behind
Jet lag (rough)
~8.8d
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.