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✈ SFO → DXB

16H 15M FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO DUBAI. THIS IS NOT TRAVEL. THIS IS ENDURANCE.

Flight time
16h 15m
Distance
8,090 mi
Or
13,020 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from San Francisco to Dubai

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Dubai → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Dubai?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Dubai (DXB) takes about 16 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,090 miles (13,020 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 15m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,090 mi

13,020 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Dubai timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

+11h

11 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~11d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1927 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2226 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 534 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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