✈ SEA → OTP
SEATTLE → BUCHAREST IN 11H 51M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Seattle to Bucharest
From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America → Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe
How long is the flight from Seattle to Bucharest?
A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 11 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,795 miles (9,326 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,795 mi
9,326 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Seattle timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.