✈ BRU → SEA

10H 13M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
10h 13m
Distance
4,944 mi
Or
7,957 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Brussels to Seattle

From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe  →  Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Seattle → Brussels

How long is the flight from Brussels to Seattle?

A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to Seattle (SEA) takes about 10 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,944 miles (7,957 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,944 mi

7,957 km · great-circle

Avg speed

778 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

Seattle 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 1178 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1361 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 326 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.