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✈ SEA → KUL

16H 12M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
16h 12m
Distance
8,068 mi
Or
12,984 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → Seattle

How long is the flight from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur?

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 16 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,068 miles (12,984 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 12m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,068 mi

12,984 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle 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 1922 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2220 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 532 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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