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✈ ZRH → SFO

11H 55M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,826 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 55m
Distance
5,826 mi
Or
9,376 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Zurich to San Francisco

From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Zurich

How long is the flight from Zurich to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 11 hours 55 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,826 miles (9,376 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 55m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,826 mi

9,376 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

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 1388 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1603 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 384 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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