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✈ WAW → SFO

11H 58M, 5,852 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 58m
Distance
5,852 mi
Or
9,418 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Warsaw to San Francisco

From Chopin (WAW), Poland Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Warsaw

How long is the flight from Warsaw to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Warsaw (WAW) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 58 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,852 miles (9,418 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 58m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,852 mi

9,418 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Warsaw timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Warsaw

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 1394 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1610 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 386 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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