Direct Flights from San Francisco to Reno
Reno · Nevada
Nonstop service from SFO to RNO on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
19 cities have a nonstop to Reno, San Francisco among them.
How long to go to Reno for, from San Francisco
55m in the air, 192 miles: short enough that a single night in Reno is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
With roughly 5 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 Reno
Reno, the "Biggest Little City in the World", is in the beautiful north-west region of the State of Nevada, right at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Reno is the second largest tourist destination in Nevada, mainly thanks to its popular downtown casinos. It also has family entertainment, festivals, museums, and cuisine.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Reno
- Palisades Tahoe is a ski resort in the Western United States, located in Olympic Valley, California, northwest of Tahoe City in the Sierra Nevada range.
- Sugar Bowl is a ski and snowboard area in northern Placer County near Norden, California along the Donner Pass of the Sierra Nevada, approximately 46 mi (74 km) west of Reno, Nevada on Interstate 80, that opened on Decem…
- Donner Memorial State Park is a California State Park, located at the town of Truckee, California, United States.
- The National Automobile Museum is a museum in Reno, Nevada. Most of the vehicles displayed are from the collection of William F. Harrah. The museum opened on November 5, 1989.
- Washoe Lake State Park is a year-round public recreation area occupying over 3,700 acres (1,500 ha) on the southeast shore of Washoe Lake in Washoe County, Nevada.
- The Sierra Nevada Zoological Park, formerly the Sierra Safari Zoo, was a zoo north of Reno, Nevada, United States. Opening in 1989, it grew to become the zoo that housed more exotics in the state.
- Northstar California is a mountain resort in the western United States, located in Placer County, California, near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe.
- The Nevada Museum of Art, is an art museum in Reno, Nevada. Located at 160 West Liberty Street in Reno, it is an American Alliance of Museums (AAM) accredited art museum in the state of Nevada.
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reno, Nevada, United States. It is located at 310 W. 2nd Street in Reno.
- Fort Churchill State Historic Park is a state park of Nevada, United States, preserving the remains of a United States Army fort and a way station on the Pony Express and Central Overland Routes dating back to the 1860s.…
- Homewood Mountain Resort is a ski area located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe in the state of California, a few miles south of Tahoe City in the town of Homewood.
- Alpine Meadows is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Alpine Meadows, California.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Reno weather, compared with San Francisco
Within 2° of San Francisco on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Reno 47°F · San Francisco 57°F · 10° colder
- April
- Reno 64°F · San Francisco 65°F · much the same
- July
- Reno 93°F · San Francisco 72°F · 22° warmer
- October
- Reno 70°F · San Francisco 71°F · much the same
July averages 93°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around. Reno also swings harder through the year than San Francisco does — 47° between its coldest and warmest months against 17°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Reno
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Reno is April–May and October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 64–74°F.
- How long to stay
- Reno rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Palisades Tahoe, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, and Donner Memorial State Park and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from San Francisco to Reno?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from San Francisco (SFO) to Reno (RNO) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from San Francisco to Reno?
- United flies nonstop between San Francisco (SFO) and Reno (RNO).
- How many nonstop flights are there from San Francisco to Reno?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from San Francisco to Reno.
- How far is Reno from San Francisco?
- Reno is about 192 miles from San Francisco by air.
- What is there to do in Reno?
- Popular things to do include Palisades Tahoe, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Donner Memorial State Park, National Automobile Museum, and more.
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