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✈ SFO → AUH

16H 21M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO ABU DHABI. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
16h 21m
Distance
8,145 mi
Or
13,108 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 16 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,145 miles (13,108 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 21m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,145 mi

13,108 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

+11h

11 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~11d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1940 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2241 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 537 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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