San Francisco (SFO) to Sydney (SYD) distance
The great-circle distance from San Francisco to Sydney is 6,452 nm. Flights usually cover a little more because of airways, winds, and airspace.
Route facts
- Time difference
- Sydney is 19 hours ahead of San Francisco
- Midpoint
- 2.52° N, 166.84° W
- Heading from SFO
- 240° southwest
- Heading from SYD
- 56° northeast
Sydney (SYD)The route looks curved on a flat map because it follows a great circle, the shortest path on a sphere. Read why flight routes curve, or see SFO-SYD on the globe.
Related routes
Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO)293 nm- New York (JFK) to San Francisco (SFO)2,242 nm
- Chicago (ORD) to San Francisco (SFO)1,600 nm
- Honolulu, Oahu (HNL) to San Francisco (SFO)2,083 nm
- Las Vegas (LAS) to San Francisco (SFO)359 nm
- Seattle (SEA) to San Francisco (SFO)590 nm
- Boston (BOS) to San Francisco (SFO)2,344 nm
London (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO)4,652 nm
Distances use the haversine formula with a mean Earth radius of 6,371 km. Information is for reference, not navigation.