The flight time from San Francisco to Spokane is 2 hours, 3 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SFO San Francisco, CA 2 minutes early.
18 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 40 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives GEG Spokane, WA 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
84%
Alaska
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Francisco to Spokane is 2 hours, 3 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 40 minutes.

The flight distance from San Francisco to Spokane is 733 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Spokane to San Francisco
2 hours, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Alaska
2h 2m
United
2h 5m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

19

Distance

733 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
11
Alaska
8

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Francisco from Spokane by plane?

The distance from San Francisco to Spokane by plane is 733 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Spokane?

The flight time from San Francisco to Spokane is 2 hours, 3 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 40 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Alaska being the fastest taking 2 hours, 2 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 5 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Francisco to Spokane?

Alaska and United are the airlines with direct flights from San Francisco to Spokane.

Does Southwest fly from San Francisco to Spokane?

Southwest does not fly from San Francisco (SFO) to Spokane (GEG). 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 San Francisco 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 100 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Spokane 3 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 San Francisco to Spokane, Alaska is 80% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 84% 15% 1%
Alaska 80% 19% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Francisco and Spokane, 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)
Alaska 17 100 4 122
United 19 100 4 125

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
11am 0.08
6pm 0.21
3pm 0.08
5pm 0.07
4pm 0.7
1pm 0
10am 0.32
9am 0.28
8pm 0.28
7pm 0.41
12pm 0.32
8am 0.01
2pm 0.03

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco to Spokane 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 63
February 56
March 70
April 72
May 115
June 102
July 101
August 101
September 84
October 84
November 84
December 91

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco to Spokane 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 3.08
Tuesday 2.54
Wednesday 2.75
Thursday 3
Friday 3.13
Saturday 2.38
Sunday 2.79

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
United 0
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)
11am 18 102 4 125
6pm 16 100 4 122
3pm 17 103 4 127
5pm 15 97 5 119
4pm 19 100 4 124
1pm 25 99 4 128
10am 20 98 4 124
9am 20 101 3 126
8pm 16 96 4 117
7pm 16 99 4 123
12pm 20 101 4 127
8am 20 93 4 118
2pm 17 98 4 121
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.