✈ KUL → SFO
16H 59M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to San Francisco
From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia → SFO (SFO), USA North America
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.