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✈ SFO → EDI

SAN FRANCISCO → EDINBURGH IN 10H 26M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 26m
Distance
5,051 mi
Or
8,128 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from San Francisco to Edinburgh

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Edinburgh → San Francisco

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.

✈ Flight 1203 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1390 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 333 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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