✈ SFO → BRU
11H 20M, 5,526 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from San Francisco to Brussels
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Brussels?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Brussels (BRU) takes about 11 hours 20 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,526 miles (8,893 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 20m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,526 mi
8,893 km · great-circle
Avg speed
784 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Brussels timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
Eastward — worse
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.