Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
SMO to SFO: distance & flight time
Santa Monica (Santa Monica Municipal Airport) → San Francisco (San Francisco International Airport)
332 mi
534 km · 289 nm
1h 20m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
See live SMO→SFO fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
332 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 20m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- SMO — Santa Monica Municipal Airport · Santa Monica, 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.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near SMO
- LAX · Los Angeles International Airport6 mi away
- HHR · Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport9 mi away
- BUR · Bob Hope Airport14 mi away
- VNY · Van Nuys Airport14 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 SMO from SFO?
The flight distance from Santa Monica (SMO) to San Francisco (SFO) is 332 miles (534 km, 289 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SMO to SFO?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 20m 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 SMO to SFO?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SMO–SFO that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.