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✈ SFO → BRU

11H 20M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,526 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 20m
Distance
5,526 mi
Or
8,893 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Brussels

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Brussels → San Francisco

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.

✈ Flight 1316 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1521 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 365 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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