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✈ SFO → AKL

13H 16M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO AUCKLAND. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
13h 16m
Distance
6,530 mi
Or
10,509 km
Jet lag
19h

Flight from San Francisco to Auckland

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Auckland → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Auckland?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Auckland (AKL) takes about 13 hours 16 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,530 miles (10,509 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 16m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,530 mi

10,509 km · great-circle

Avg speed

792 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Auckland timezone

UTC+12

Pacific/Auckland

Time difference

+19h

19 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~19d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1555 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1797 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 431 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.

Flights from San Francisco

Nearest destinations

Long-haul from San Francisco

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Flights to Auckland

Nearest origins

Long-haul to Auckland

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