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✈ KUL → SFO

KUALA LUMPUR → SAN FRANCISCO: 16H 59M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.

Flight time
16h 59m
Distance
8,472 mi
Or
13,634 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to San Francisco

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Kuala Lumpur

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 16 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,472 miles (13,634 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 59m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,472 mi

13,634 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-15h

15 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~10.5d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2018 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2331 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 559 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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