Miami (MIA) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 4,160 km
- 2,585 mi · 2,246 nm
- Flight time
- 6 h 12 min / 5 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: MIA → SFO / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 486 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (288 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 541,191
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.5%
- Flights / week
- 67
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 88%
- 614,713 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, UA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from MIA
- 299°
- Heading from SFO
- 96°
- Halfway point
- 33.51, -99.93
- Great-circle km
- 4,154 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MIA → SFO
- 5 h 39 min
- In the air SFO → MIA
- 4 h 56 min
- Clocks
- San Francisco is 3 h behind Miami
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 43,708 |
| Sep 2025 | 28,556 |
| Oct 2025 | 36,742 |
| Nov 2025 | 45,012 |
| Dec 2025 | 45,293 |
| Jan 2026 | 47,532 |
| Feb 2026 | 41,804 |
| Mar 2026 | 48,533 |
| Apr 2026 | 45,303 |
| May 2026 | 48,882 |
| Jun 2026 | 53,421 |
| Jul 2026 | 56,405 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 282 |
| Sep 2025 | 181 |
| Oct 2025 | 245 |
| Nov 2025 | 286 |
| Dec 2025 | 275 |
| Jan 2026 | 293 |
| Feb 2026 | 274 |
| Mar 2026 | 301 |
| Apr 2026 | 302 |
| May 2026 | 327 |
| Jun 2026 | 346 |
| Jul 2026 | 352 |
Airlines flying MIA–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 43 | 66% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 23 | 34% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,913 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 777 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 523 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 118 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 62 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 37 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 34 flights
Also carried: 400 tonnes of freight and 327 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 73.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,492
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 72.2% | 21 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 75% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 32% · air traffic system 30% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $416
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $347
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 52% of passengers · $420
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 52% of passengers · $420
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $323 · Q3 2025 $282 · Q4 2025 $356 · Q1 2026 $416).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 4,154 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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More routes from MIA
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| MIA → ATL | 957 km | 1,901,419 |
| MIA → LGA | 1,764 km | 1,803,803 |
| MIA → DFW | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |
| MIA → JFK | 1,753 km | 1,326,964 |
| MIA → ORD | 1,926 km | 1,321,385 |
| MIA → EWR | 1,746 km | 1,160,582 |
| MIA → CLT | 1,046 km | 1,102,847 |
| MIA → LAX | 3,769 km | 1,061,103 |
| MIA → LHR | 7,121 km | 1,048,211 |
| MIA → DCA | 1,480 km | 1,044,799 |