How far is Utah from San Francisco by plane?

The flight time from San Francisco, California to Salt Lake City, Utah is:

1 hour, 21 minutes

In-air flight time: 1 hour, 21 minutes
From gate to gate: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Constant 500 mph: 1 hour, 12 minutes

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Flying time from San Francisco, CA to Salt Lake City, UT

The total flight duration from San Francisco, CA to Salt Lake City, UT is 1 hour, 21 minutes.

This is the average in-air flight time (wheels up to wheels down on the runway) based on actual flights taken over the past year, including routes like SFO to SLC. It covers the entire time on a typical commercial flight including take-off and landing.

If you're planning a trip, you should also factor in extra time for the plane to pull back from the gate and taxi to the runway, as well as reaching the destination gate after landing. If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from San Francisco, CA to Salt Lake City, UT is 1 hour, 45 minutes.

Finally, pilots might want to estimate the flight time using an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. If you don't add any extra time to increase or decrease speed for take-off and landing, then at constant speed your flight time would be 1 hour, 12 minutes.

If you're booking a flight, make sure you check the scheduled departure and arrival times. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between San Francisco, CA and Salt Lake City, UT.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from San Francisco, CA to Salt Lake City, UT ("as the crow flies"), which is about 600 miles or 966 kilometers.

Your trip begins in San Francisco, California.
It ends in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Your flight direction from San Francisco, CA to Salt Lake City, UT is Northeast (67 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

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Travelmath provides an online flight time calculator for all types of travel routes. You can enter airports, cities, states, countries, or zip codes to find the flying time between any two points. The database uses the great circle distance and the average airspeed of a commercial airliner to figure out how long a typical flight would take. Find your travel time to estimate the length of a flight between airports, or ask how long it takes to fly from one city to another.

How far is San Francisco from Salt Lake City?

There are several ways to calculate distances between Los Angeles and Chicago. Here are two common methods:

Vincenty's formula (applied above)

• 598.852 miles
• 963.758 kilometers
• 520.388 nautical miles

Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth’s surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.

Haversine formula

• 597.705 miles
• 961.913 kilometers
• 519.391 nautical miles

The haversine formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points assuming a spherical earth (great-circle distance – the shortest distance between two points).

How long does it take to fly from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Estimated flight time from Salt Lake City International Airport to San Francisco International Airport is 1 hour 38 minutes.

Flight carbon footprint between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

On average flying from Salt Lake City to San Francisco generates about 113 kg of CO2 per passenger, 113 kilograms is equal to 248 pounds (lbs). The figures are estimates and include only the CO2 generated by burning jet fuel.

Map of flight path and driving directions from Salt Lake City to San Francisco

Shortest flight path between Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

Airlines flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to San Francisco (SFO)

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