✈ SFO → EDI
10H 26M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from San Francisco to Edinburgh
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Edinburgh?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Edinburgh (EDI) takes about 10 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,051 miles (8,128 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 26m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,051 mi
8,128 km · great-circle
Avg speed
780 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Time difference
+8h
8 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~8d
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.