Great-circle route ATL ↔ SFO. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample. The two directions are not identical — that is normal on scheduled routes.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL → SFO Atlanta to San Francisco |
74/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
| SFO → ATL San Francisco to Atlanta |
67/wk | Daily | Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,066,906 passengers on 6,556 flights between ATL and SFO — about 2,925 a day — filling 87% of the 1,230,670 seats flown. Delta Air Lines Inc. carried the most passengers (73%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
3 airlines fly the ATL–SFO nonstop, including Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 767-300, Boeing 757-200 and 3 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport and San Francisco International Airport is 2,134 miles, or 3,434 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 2,134 mi |
| Kilometres | 3,434 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,854 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 141 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 4h 42m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 2,134-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
About 74 a week from Atlanta to San Francisco and 67 a week from San Francisco to Atlanta, from our most recent schedule sample.
Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, United Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,066,906 passengers on 6,556 scheduled flights between ATL and SFO — about 2,925 a day — filling 87% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 737, Airbus A320, Boeing 767-300, Boeing 757-200. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
