Cosmic radiation on flights from San Francisco (SFO)
San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, United States. ICAO KSFO, at 37.62°, -122.37°. FlightDose publishes 3 routes from here and 3 to here, each direction on its own page.
Of the 3 published routes from SFO, the flight to Los Angeles (SFO → LAX) receives the least, about 1.69 µSv for a standard flight, and the flight to Singapore (SFO → SIN) the most, about 42.4 µSv. A route's dose depends mostly on its hours in the air and how far it runs from the equator (why latitude matters).
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Routes from SFO
- SFO → JFKNew York, 4 h 45 min18.5 µSv
- SFO → LAXLos Angeles, 56 min1.69 µSv
- SFO → SINSingapore, 16 h 42 min42.4 µSv
Routes to SFO
- JFK → SFONew York, 5 h 32 min21.9 µSv
- LAX → SFOLos Angeles, 1 h1.89 µSv
- SIN → SFOSingapore, 15 h 24 min39.1 µSv
Standard flight: 35,000 ft, estimated time in the air, solar conditions of August 2026; CARI-7.
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