Flight Time from San Francisco (SFO) to Accra (ACC)

The 12,352 km between SFO and ACC converts to 15.2 hours of flying under the 850 km/h + 40 min model. Each stopover adds ground dwell at the hub, so the totals model out to about 18.7 hours for one stop and 23.7 for two.

Past the 9,000 km mark this is an ultra-long-haul sector: the 15.2 hours in the air plus cabin time makes a one-stop routing with a lounge stop worth pricing against the non-stop. Factor the 8-hour shift into recovery plans: eastbound arrivals at Accra generally bite harder than westbound ones.

Flexible-flier trick: price SFO against ACC and then against each nearby field below — secondary endpoints within 700 km sometimes clear the fare by a full cabin class. From SFO, reaching LOS instead takes about 1.1 h — less airborne time than the 15.2 h non-stop, and the surface leg into Accra still has to be won back.

Where a matching calculator page exists (SFO → LOS among them) the links are in the Related list below. Remember the destination is the point: any airport below that adds more than a couple of hours of surface time to reach Accra needs a substantial fare gap to justify.

Leave San Francisco at 10:00 and the local arrival clock in Accra reads about 09:12, which tells you whether day one is recoverable. Hotel, meal and transit averages put a Accra day at $114 against $311 in San Francisco — worth weighing against any fare premium for better flight times.

On those numbers Accra is the cheaper place to linger — the gap is $197 per day, which over a week funds a second flight. With 8 hours gained eastbound, the 12,352 km out to Accra ends in a serious jet-lag bill — plan a quiet first day.