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✈ MAN → SFO

10H 44M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 44m
Distance
5,207 mi
Or
8,380 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Manchester to San Francisco

From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Manchester

How long is the flight from Manchester to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 10 hours 44 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,207 miles (8,380 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 44m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,207 mi

8,380 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Manchester 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.

✈ Flight 1240 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1433 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 344 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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