✈ SFO → SCL
12H 6M, 5,922 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from San Francisco to Santiago
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Santiago?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 12 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,922 miles (9,530 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 6m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,922 mi
9,530 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Time difference
+3h
3 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~3d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.