Private Jet from San Francisco, US (SFO) to Seattle, US (BFI)

Private jet charter from San Francisco to Seattle

The route from San Francisco (SFO) to Seattle (BFI) covers approximately 1,102 km, with a median block time of 1h 42m on flights we actually tracked.

Over the last 12 months we tracked 297 private jet flights between San Francisco and Seattle — about 25 departures a month, so aircraft are rarely far from either end.

Median block time on tracked flights is 1h 42m, about 24 minutes longer than a straight distance-and-cruise-speed estimate — taxi, routing and traffic flow account for the difference.

Traffic is strongly seasonal — September carried 39 flights against 11 in May, a 3.5× swing. Expect tighter availability and firmer quotes at the peak.

No single type owns this route: the Cessna Citation Longitude leads with 24% of movements, with the Cessna Citation Latitude and Embraer Phenom 300 close behind, so availability across cabin classes is usually good.

Flying back from Seattle is 36 minutes slower: 2h 18m against 1h 42m on this direction, measured on tracked flights. The headwind sits on the return leg here, which is why the outbound reads shorter. Plan a there-and-back with different block times, not one figure doubled — the Seattle to San Francisco leg has its own page with its own numbers.

The smallest cabin that covers 1,102 km without a fuel stop is the very light jet at $1,500-4,500 an hour, and the type most often quoted here is the Bombardier Challenger 350. How the hourly rate turns into a total is set out in the private jet cost guide, and if the dates are loose it is worth checking empty leg flights on this direction first.