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✈ VIE → SFO

12H 15M, 5,998 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 15m
Distance
5,998 mi
Or
9,653 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Vienna to San Francisco

From Vienna International (VIE), Austria Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Vienna

How long is the flight from Vienna to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Vienna (VIE) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 12 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,998 miles (9,653 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 15m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,998 mi

9,653 km · great-circle

Avg speed

789 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Vienna timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Vienna

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1429 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1651 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 396 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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