Boise (BOI) to San Francisco (SFO)
Flight time
≈ 1h 51m
Bearing
220° SW
Boise (BOI) to San Francisco (SFO) is 522 miles (840 km) as the crow flies — the great-circle baseline most distance-based mileage programs credit.
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What actually flies BOI–SFO
US DOT T-100 · filed dataIn April 2026, SkyWest Airlines was the only carrier flying nonstop BOI–SFO; the Embraer E175 was the most common aircraft at 79% of departures; flights ran 76% full.
Departures
329
April 2026
Seats
23,710
both directions
Passengers
18,098
both directions
Load factor
76.3%
passengers ÷ seats
Who flies BOI–SFO?
SkyWest Airlines was the only carrier to fly nonstop BOI–SFO in April 2026 (329 departures).
- OO
SkyWest Airlines
329 departures · 23,710 seats
Share of departures100.0%76.3%
Load
What plane flies BOI–SFO?
In April 2026, the Embraer E175 flew 79% of BOI–SFO departures — more than any other aircraft type.
- Embraer E175
259 departures · 74.8% load
78.7% - Bombardier CRJ-700
62 departures · 83.0% load
18.8% - Bombardier CRJ-200
8 departures · 78.8% load
2.4%
How has BOI–SFO traffic changed?
Nonstop BOI–SFO departures rose from 310 in May 2025 to 329 in April 2026.
Monthly nonstop BOI–SFO traffic, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month; months with no filed service show as zero.
May 2025
310 departures · 21,320 passengers
78.0%
Load
June 2025
297 departures · 21,809 passengers
80.8%
Load
July 2025
292 departures · 20,666 passengers
76.8%
Load
August 2025
287 departures · 19,690 passengers
77.6%
Load
September 2025
287 departures · 18,878 passengers
77.1%
Load
October 2025
310 departures · 20,835 passengers
76.9%
Load
November 2025
291 departures · 19,938 passengers
67.3%
Load
December 2025
301 departures · 17,858 passengers
80.2%
Load
January 2026
301 departures · 16,145 passengers
73.9%
Load
February 2026
266 departures · 14,292 passengers
74.5%
Load
March 2026
356 departures · 20,158 passengers
78.3%
Load
April 2026
329 departures · 18,098 passengers
76.3%
Load
By direction
The DOT files each direction separately — they rarely match.
BOI → SFO
73.8% full
165 departures · 8,776 passengers
SFO → BOI
78.9% full
164 departures · 9,322 passengers
Nonstop BOI–SFO traffic has been filed with the US DOT since 2025.
Source: US DOT BTS Form 41 T-100 Segment (All Carriers). Data through April 2026; filings from 2025. Public domain (US Government work). The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.
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Frequently asked
How far is Boise (BOI) from San Francisco (SFO)?
BOI to SFO is 522 miles (840 km / 454 nautical miles) measured great-circle — the shortest path over the surface of the Earth.
How long is the flight from BOI to SFO?
A nonstop covers the 522-mile great-circle distance in roughly 1h 51m of block time, before winds. Actual schedules vary a few percent by direction and aircraft.
What plane flies BOI–SFO?
In April 2026, the Embraer E175 flew the largest share of departures (78.7%), followed by the Bombardier CRJ-700 (18.8%).
What mileage do I earn flying BOI–SFO?
Distance-based programs credit off the 522-mile great-circle figure, then apply your fare-class earning rate. Revenue-based programs credit off the fare instead.
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