✈ DEL → SFO

15H 29M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
15h 29m
Distance
7,694 mi
Or
12,382 km
Jet lag
12.5h

Flight from Delhi to San Francisco

From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Delhi

How long is the flight from Delhi to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to San Francisco (SFO) takes about 15 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,694 miles (12,382 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 29m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,694 mi

12,382 km · great-circle

Avg speed

799 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-12.5h

12h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~8.8d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1833 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2117 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 508 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.