✈ SEA → BUD

11H 15M, 5,484 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 15m
Distance
5,484 mi
Or
8,826 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Seattle to Budapest

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe

How long is the flight from Seattle to Budapest?

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 11 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,484 miles (8,826 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 15m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,484 mi

8,826 km · great-circle

Avg speed

784 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Budapest timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Budapest

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 1306 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1509 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 362 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.