Yes. Most flights from Heathrow to San Francisco will fly north towards Iceland and Greenland before turning southwest to US airspace.
About 9 hours
About 9 hours
10hr 45min to 10hr 55min London Heathrow (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO) by a nonstop flight operated by British Airways, United Airlines or Virgin Atlantic.
4,658 air miles.
11 hours
no direct flight. when traveling via dublin or heathrow, around 12 hours
A flight from San Francisco to London will typically fly northwards towards Canada and Hudson Bay, then it will turn west over the tip of Greenland, pass just south of Iceland. The flight will then enter UK airspace passing the southwest tip of Scotland, the Isle of Man and then in over Liverpool, then the flight will head towards Birmingham, England before descending into London.
There are over thirty places named Independence in the US. The one in Missouri is a little over 1800 miles from San Francisco.
You can fly from London to San Francisco without flying over Scotland on the plane by flying from London to Portugal first. You might also fly from London to Paris and then from Paris to San Francisco.
There are no flights which fly directly from Heathrow to San Antonio, the nearest to San Antonio which has flight access from Heathrow is Houston George Buch Intercontinental Airport. There are two United Airlines and two British Airways flights from Heathrow per day.
San Francisco, San Mateo, and Coronado (which they call an island but is technically an isthmus)
Just over 500 miles