FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ SFO → HKG

14H, 6,915 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
14h
Distance
6,915 mi
Or
11,128 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Hong Kong → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Hong Kong (HKG) takes about 14 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 6,915 miles (11,128 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,915 mi

11,128 km · great-circle

Avg speed

795 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Hong_Kong

Time difference

+15h

15 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~15d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1647 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1903 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 456 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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