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✈ FRA → SFO

11H 38M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 38m
Distance
5,684 mi
Or
9,148 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco

From Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Frankfurt

How long is the flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,684 miles (9,148 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,684 mi

9,148 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Frankfurt timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

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 1354 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1564 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 375 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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