✈ FRA → SEA

10H 31M, 5,093 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 31m
Distance
5,093 mi
Or
8,197 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Frankfurt to Seattle

From Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe  →  Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America

How long is the flight from Frankfurt to Seattle?

A nonstop flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to Seattle (SEA) takes about 10 hours 31 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,093 miles (8,197 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 31m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,093 mi

8,197 km · great-circle

Avg speed

780 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Frankfurt timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

Seattle 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 1213 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1402 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 336 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.