The flight time from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is 2 hours, 5 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT 3 minutes early.
18 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 38 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SFO San Francisco, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
80%
United
78%
Alaska
77%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is 2 hours, 5 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes.

The flight distance from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is 599 Miles.

Reverse Journey

San Francisco to Salt Lake City
1 hour, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
2h 1m
Alaska
2h 8m
United
2h 9m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

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Flights Per Week

69

Distance

599 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
33
United
29
Alaska
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Salt Lake City from San Francisco by plane?

The distance from Salt Lake City to San Francisco by plane is 599 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

The flight time from Salt Lake City to San Francisco is 2 hours, 5 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 2 hours, 1 minute, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 9 minutes.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Delta, Alaska, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Salt Lake City to San Francisco.

Does Southwest fly from Salt Lake City to San Francisco?

Southwest does not fly from Salt Lake City (SLC) to San Francisco (SFO). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Salt Lake City 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 98 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives San Francisco 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Salt Lake City to San Francisco, Alaska is 77% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 80% 19% 1%
United 78% 21% 1%
Alaska 77% 23% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Salt Lake City and San Francisco, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Delta 16 97 5 121
Alaska 18 102 5 128
United 20 100 5 129

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
7am 0.19
12pm 0.1
9pm 0.17
4pm 0.89
9am 0.23
5pm 0.61
10am 0.76
1pm 0.03
10pm 0.7
3pm 1.08
2pm 0.21
6pm 0.1
8pm 1.08
11am 1.01
8am 2.25
6am 0.24
11pm 0.12
7pm 0.04

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City to San Francisco that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 311
February 299
March 311
April 288
May 291
June 282
July 292
August 284
September 286
October 333
November 313
December 318

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City to San Francisco that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 10.21
Tuesday 9.67
Wednesday 9.71
Thursday 10.21
Friday 10.29
Saturday 9.06
Sunday 10.23

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 1
United 1
Alaska 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
7am 17 103 6 128
12pm 15 102 5 124
9pm 19 95 6 124
4pm 16 97 5 120
9am 23 104 9 141
5pm 14 97 5 119
10am 23 99 5 130
1pm 15 102 5 122
10pm 16 95 6 119
3pm 16 97 5 120
2pm 19 100 5 127
6pm 14 101 6 123
8pm 17 95 6 120
11am 16 96 6 122
8am 24 101 5 133
6am 24 103 4 132
11pm 16 96 6 121
7pm 20 109 6 134
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.