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Munich (MUC) – San Francisco (SFO)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
9,461 km
5,879 mi · 5,108 nm
Flight time
11 h 42 min / 11 h 9 min
Average gate to gate: MUC → SFO / back
Time difference
9 h
CO2 per passenger
1,105 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (654 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
362,144
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +15.1%
Flights / week
27
Both directions, average
Seats filled
78%
462,354 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
LH, 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

Great circle from MUC to SFOMUCSFO
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from MUC
325°
Heading from SFO
29°
Halfway point
66.94, -66.96
Great-circle km
9,437 km (sphere, for EU261)
In the air MUC → SFO
11 h 13 min
In the air SFO → MUC
10 h 33 min
Clocks
San Francisco is 9 h behind Munich

The estimate for a route without real times is 11 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: December 2025: 38,083 passengers
020K40KAugSepOctNovDec38.1KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
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Month Passengers
Aug 202529,199
Sep 202529,324
Oct 202529,868
Nov 202529,113
Dec 202538,083
Jan 202630,229
Feb 202619,880
Mar 202632,642
Apr 202625,500
May 202628,098
Jun 202634,113
Jul 202636,095
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 124 flights
050100150AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul124
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Month Flights
Aug 2025122
Sep 2025119
Oct 2025121
Nov 2025120
Dec 2025123
Jan 2026115
Feb 2026102
Mar 2026116
Apr 2026112
May 2026123
Jun 2026119
Jul 2026124

Airlines flying MUC–SFO nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
LHLufthansa German Airlines14
54%
UAUnited Air Lines14
46%

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 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 704 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 413 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A380-800 · 295 flights
  • Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 4 flights

Also carried: 9,837 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Eurostat also has this route: 330,620 passengers in 2024, 1,404 flights (reported by the airport in Germany).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 9,437 km.

MUC Munich → SFO San Francisco

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers any airline.

SFO San Francisco → MUC Munich

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

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.

More routes from MUC

Route Distance Passengers / year
MUC → LHR944 km 1,304,262
MUC → HAM600 km 1,281,162
MUC → FRA300 km 1,012,334
MUC → BER462 km 918,533
MUC → DUS487 km 912,267
MUC → MAD1,498 km 892,628
MUC → CDG683 km 830,050
MUC → BCN1,096 km 820,280
MUC → AMS665 km 808,852
MUC → PMI1,216 km 755,880

More routes from SFO

Route Distance Passengers / year
SFO → LAX543 km 2,842,388
SFO → ORD2,971 km 1,976,484
SFO → JFK4,162 km 1,910,892
SFO → EWR4,128 km 1,752,123
SFO → DEN1,556 km 1,743,354
SFO → LAS666 km 1,684,053
SFO → SEA1,092 km 1,628,228
SFO → SAN719 km 1,602,478
SFO → BOS4,352 km 1,386,355
SFO → DFW2,357 km 1,313,229

Questions

Munich (MUC) and San Francisco (SFO) are 9,461 km (5,879 miles, 5,108 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.