ATL to SFO: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Atlanta to San Francisco?

The great-circle distance between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is 3,435 km (2,134 mi, 1,855 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from ATL to SFO?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 4h 50m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. SFO is roughly west of ATL.

How is the ATL to SFO route written in code?

The pair is written ATL-SFO in IATA codes and KATL-KSFO in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is ATL (KATL), San Francisco International Airport is SFO (KSFO).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

SFO sits 1,013 ft (309 m) lower than ATL, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying ATL to SFO

4 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 4 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 7 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AF, AM, AZ, CI, KL, NZ, VS.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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