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✈ SFO → CPH

11H 14M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO COPENHAGEN. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
11h 14m
Distance
5,472 mi
Or
8,807 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Copenhagen

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Kastrup (CPH), Denmark Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Copenhagen → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Copenhagen?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Copenhagen (CPH) takes about 11 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,472 miles (8,807 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 14m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,472 mi

8,807 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

Copenhagen timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Copenhagen

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 1303 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1506 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 361 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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