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✈ SFO → MAN

10H 44M, 5,207 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 44m
Distance
5,207 mi
Or
8,380 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from San Francisco to Manchester

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Manchester → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Manchester?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Manchester (MAN) takes about 10 hours 44 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,207 miles (8,380 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 44m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,207 mi

8,380 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Manchester 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 1240 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1433 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 344 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 Manchester