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✈ SCL → SFO

12H 6M, 5,922 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 6m
Distance
5,922 mi
Or
9,530 km
Jet lag
3h

Flight from Santiago to San Francisco

From Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Santiago

How long is the flight from Santiago to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Santiago (SCL) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 12 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,922 miles (9,530 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 6m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,922 mi

9,530 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Santiago timezone

UTC-4

America/Santiago

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-3h

3 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~2.1d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1410 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1630 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 391 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.

Flights from Santiago

Nearest destinations

Long-haul from Santiago

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Flights to San Francisco

Nearest origins

Long-haul to San Francisco

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