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✈ SFO → OTP

13H 4M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BUCHAREST. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
13h 4m
Distance
6,426 mi
Or
10,342 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from San Francisco to Bucharest

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Bucharest → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Bucharest?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 13 hours 4 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,426 miles (10,342 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 4m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,426 mi

10,342 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

Bucharest timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Bucharest

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1531 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1768 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 424 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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