Looking at a map will tell you simply -- San Francisco is on the 37.75 parallel. That runs through Japan North of Tokyo; through Seoul, South Korea and then on to China's Shandong province - not far from the capital, Jinan, which is about 1 degree south of San Francisco (70 miles)
You wouldn't fly straight west to get from Moscow to San Francisco (for one thing, San Francisco is considerably further south than Moscow). However, rather than flying southwest, it's shorter to fly just slightly west of due north (initial heading 344 degrees), which takes you across Russia, Finland, Norway, Greenland, Canada and the United States.
This question is in reference to global wind zones - Since Seattle and San Francisco are in the Westerlies zone (30 degrees north to 60 degrees north) the pilot should not set a course directly south, because the winds will blow the plane west, and inland from San Fransisco. Setting a course south-southwest will bring the plane to San Fransisco. I've seen a lot of responses talking about weather, wind, etc etc. None of that applies. This is 6th grade science. Consider only the wind zone phenomena in isolation for the correct answer.
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the original post "More than 5 hours..." uh, that original post must have been an American that knows nothing about Canada. as it is one large country above the US, and spans a large East/West swath as does your country.......... the answer is depends.... i could fly to Vancouver in 1:45 from SFO, it would take approx 4:45 to get to Toronto -- add another 4 hours to that to get to NFLD. so no its not necessarily 5 hours or more -- you could get to Vancouver, calgary, Edmonton. Winnipeg, Saskatoon and many more in less.
Assuming you take a nonstop flight, it's about 11 1/2 hrs. Going the other way due to headwinds it's about 13hrs.
You wouldn't fly straight west to get from Moscow to San Francisco (for one thing, San Francisco is considerably further south than Moscow). However, rather than flying southwest, it's shorter to fly just slightly west of due north (initial heading 344 degrees), which takes you across Russia, Finland, Norway, Greenland, Canada and the United States.
Due west of San Diego is Mexico, specifically the Baja California Peninsula. The Pacific Ocean lies directly west of San Diego, but to reach land, one would enter Mexico shortly after crossing the ocean. The closest Mexican city to San Diego is Tijuana, which is located just south of the border.
San Francisco lies on san andreas fault. *
Yes, San Francisco International Airport does not have lockers available for storage due to security reasons.
By car, San Francisco is about 388 miles north of Los Angeles, but you are driving more northwesterly than due north.
The average air temperature in San Francisco is likely to be cooler than in Norfolk due to the moderating influence of the Pacific Ocean on San Francisco's climate. Norfolk, being more inland, may experience hotter temperatures compared to San Francisco.
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Scientists believe that Los Angeles and San Francisco are destined to merge into one city. Due to the San Andres Fault, Los Angeles is continuing to move closer to San Francisco.
The force of gravity is different in Denver than in San Francisco both because of the difference in altitude (Denver is further from the earth's center than is San Francisco) and because of the difference in latitude (39.762 degrees north for Denver versus 37.760 degrees north for San Francisco). The acceleration due to gravity is 9.80035 m/s2 in San Francisco versus 9.7977 m/s2 in Denver.
Australia is about 1000 miles due west of New Caledonia.
Canada and Land's End are on the 50th parallel, so Canada is due West of Land's End.