FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ SFO → EDI

10H 26M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
10h 26m
Distance
5,051 mi
Or
8,128 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from San Francisco to Edinburgh

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Edinburgh → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Edinburgh?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Edinburgh (EDI) takes about 10 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,051 miles (8,128 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 26m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,051 mi

8,128 km · great-circle

Avg speed

780 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1203 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1390 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 333 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.

Flights from San Francisco

Flights to Edinburgh