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✈ SFO → FRA

SAN FRANCISCO → FRANKFURT IN 11H 38M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 38m
Distance
5,684 mi
Or
9,148 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Frankfurt

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Frankfurt → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Frankfurt?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Frankfurt (FRA) takes about 11 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,684 miles (9,148 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,684 mi

9,148 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Frankfurt timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Berlin

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 1354 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1564 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 375 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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