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✈ SFO → MAD

11H 51M, 5,797 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 51m
Distance
5,797 mi
Or
9,330 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from San Francisco to Madrid

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Madrid?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 11 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,797 miles (9,330 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 51m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,797 mi

9,330 km · great-circle

Avg speed

787 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Madrid timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Madrid

Time difference

+9h

9 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~9d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1381 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1595 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 383 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 Madrid