✈ AKL → SEA

14H 10M, 7,005 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
14h 10m
Distance
7,005 mi
Or
11,274 km
Jet lag
19h

Flight from Auckland to Seattle

From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania  →  Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Seattle → Auckland

How long is the flight from Auckland to Seattle?

A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to Seattle (SEA) takes about 14 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,005 miles (11,274 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

14h 10m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,005 mi

11,274 km · great-circle

Avg speed

796 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Auckland timezone

UTC+12

Pacific/Auckland

Seattle timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-19h

19 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~13.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1669 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1928 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 462 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.