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✈ SFO → SYD

SAN FRANCISCO → SYDNEY IN 14H 59M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
14h 59m
Distance
7,425 mi
Or
11,949 km
Jet lag
17h

Flight from San Francisco to Sydney

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania

↔ Flying the other way? Sydney → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Sydney?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 14 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,425 miles (11,949 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 59m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,425 mi

11,949 km · great-circle

Avg speed

798 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Time difference

+17h

17 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~17d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1768 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2043 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 490 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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