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Direct Flights from Atlanta to San Francisco

San Francisco · California

Nonstop service from ATL to SFO on Delta, Frontier, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
Delta, Frontier, United
Nonstop flights
~9/day
Distance
2,134 mi
Flight time
~4h 45mgate to gate
Elevation
13 ft1,013 ft lower than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Atlanta (ATL) to San Francisco (SFO), 2,134 miles nonstop.ATLSFO

How rare is this nonstop?

80 cities have a nonstop to San Francisco, Atlanta among them.

How long to go to San Francisco for, from Atlanta

4h 45m in the air, 2,134 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.

With roughly 9 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.

About San Francisco

Plaque commemorating "Emperor Norton I" of San Francisco, from Transbay Terminal.
Photo by Nagle at en.wikipedia · Public domain

The centerpiece of the Bay Area, San Francisco is one of the most visited cities in the world, and with good reason. The cultural center of northern California, San Francisco is renowned for its mixture of scenic beauty and unique culture that makes it one of the most vibrant and desirable cities in the nation, if not the world.

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in San Francisco

  1. The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org.
  2. Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts on the West Side of San Francisco, California, United States.
  3. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California.
  4. United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United St…
  5. Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero.
  6. USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II.
  7. The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a computer museum in Mountain View, California.
  8. The de Young Museum, formally the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California, United States, named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young.
  9. The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens.
  10. The Presidio of San Francisco is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
  11. Coit Tower is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay.
  12. Kink.com is an independent San Francisco–based bondage internet pornography company that runs a group of websites devoted to BDSM and related fetishes.

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

San Francisco weather, compared with Atlanta

7° cooler than Atlanta on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
San Francisco 57°F · Atlanta 54°F · 4° warmer
April
San Francisco 65°F · Atlanta 73°F · 8° colder
July
San Francisco 72°F · Atlanta 90°F · 18° colder
October
San Francisco 71°F · Atlanta 74°F · 2° colder

San Francisco is the steadier of the two, moving 17° between its coldest and warmest months where Atlanta moves 36°.

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.

Planning a trip to San Francisco

Best time to visit
The best time to visit San Francisco is March–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 62–74°F.
How long to stay
San Francisco rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Internet Archive, Golden Gate Park, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from Atlanta to San Francisco?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Atlanta (ATL) to San Francisco (SFO) on Delta, Frontier, United.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Atlanta to San Francisco?
Delta, Frontier, United fly nonstop between Atlanta (ATL) and San Francisco (SFO).
How many nonstop flights are there from Atlanta to San Francisco?
There are about 9 nonstop departures per day (roughly 63 per week) from Atlanta to San Francisco.
How far is San Francisco from Atlanta?
San Francisco is about 2,134 miles from Atlanta by air.
What is there to do in San Francisco?
Popular things to do include Internet Archive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, and more.

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