✈ LHR → SFO
11H, 5,354 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from London to San Francisco
From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe → SFO (SFO), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → London
How long is the flight from London to San Francisco?
A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 5,354 miles (8,616 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,354 mi
8,616 km · great-circle
Avg speed
783 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-8h
8 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~5.6d
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.
Flights from London
Nearest destinations
- London → Manchester
- London → Paris
- London → Brussels
- London → Amsterdam
- London → Dublin
- London → Edinburgh
- London → Frankfurt
- London → Zurich
- London → Milan
- London → Munich
Long-haul from London
- London → Auckland
- London → Sydney
- London → Melbourne
- London → Bali (Denpasar)
- London → Santiago
- London → Buenos Aires
- London → Singapore
- London → Manila
- London → Kuala Lumpur
- London → Taipei
More flights to North America
Flights to San Francisco
Nearest origins
- Los Angeles → San Francisco
- Las Vegas → San Francisco
- Seattle → San Francisco
- Vancouver → San Francisco
- Dallas → San Francisco
- Chicago → San Francisco
- Mexico City → San Francisco
- Atlanta → San Francisco
- Toronto → San Francisco
- Cancun → San Francisco
Long-haul to San Francisco
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Cape Town → San Francisco
- Nairobi → San Francisco
- Kuala Lumpur → San Francisco
- Singapore → San Francisco
- Mumbai → San Francisco
- Bali (Denpasar) → San Francisco
- Abu Dhabi → San Francisco
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Doha → San Francisco