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✈ SYD → SFO

14H 59M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

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

Flight from Sydney to San Francisco

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

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Sydney

How long is the flight from Sydney to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to San Francisco (SFO) 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

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-17h

17 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~11.9d

Westward — easier

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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