Flight Time from San Francisco to Tokyo

At the moment, you can catch a nonstop flight from San Francisco to Tokyo with the following airlines, including: ZIPAIR Japan Airlines United Airlines All Nippon Airways Hawaiian Airlines Selected airlines are based on historical data collected from flight bookings users made on Trip.com within the last 90 days.

It takes around 11 hours 20 minutes to fly from San Francisco (SFO) to Tokyo (TYO).

By analyzing data from all airlines on the Trip.com flight calendar, it looks like the best time to book a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo is around 40 days (6 weeks) in advance, and the best time to fly is usually on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Tuesday typically offers the cheapest flights for departure, while Saturday offers the best return deals.

Based on Trip.com data in the past 4 weeks, there is 43 flight per week flying from San Francisco to Tokyo. You can check the weekly schedule for popular airlines on this route below: United Airlines: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- UA875 (10:34) United Airlines: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- UA7914 (00:38) All Nippon Airways: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- NH107 (00:38)

The cheapest months to fly from San Francisco to Tokyo is November, when demand for travel is lower.

After crunching the numbers on our December flight calendar, it's currently cheapest to fly from San Francisco to Tokyo on December 15, 2025 with ZIPAIR, with prices starting at HK$5,241.

You can land at any one of the following hubs in Tokyo, with San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport (SFO-NRT) is by far the most common option on this route: Narita International Airport (NRT) Haneda Airport (HND).

The time difference between Tokyo and San Francisco is 17h.

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