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✈ SFO → KUL

SAN FRANCISCO → KUALA LUMPUR: 16H 59M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.

Flight time
16h 59m
Distance
8,472 mi
Or
13,634 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Kuala Lumpur?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 16 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,472 miles (13,634 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 59m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,472 mi

13,634 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

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 2018 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2331 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 559 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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