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DRA to SFO: distance & flight time
Mercury (Desert Rock Airport) → San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport)
356 mi
573 km · 309 nm
1h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
356 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 24m gate to gate, flying west. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- DRA — Desert Rock Airport · Mercury, United States
- SFO — San Francisco International Airport · San Francisco, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near DRA
- INS · Creech Air Force Base20 mi away
- LAS · McCarran International Airport62 mi away
- VGT · North Las Vegas Airport55 mi away
- LSV · Nellis Air Force Base62 mi away
Near SFO
- SQL · San Carlos Airport10 mi away
- HAF · Half Moon Bay Airport10 mi away
- OAK · Metropolitan Oakland International Airport11 mi away
- NGZ · Alameda Naval Air Station12 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is DRA from SFO?
The flight distance from Mercury (DRA) to San Francisco (SFO) is 356 miles (573 km, 309 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DRA to SFO?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 24m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from DRA to SFO?
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