# Distance from Dakar (DKR) to Houston (SGR)

> 8,079 km · estimated flight time 11h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 8,079 km / 5,020 mi / 4,362 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 11h
- **Heading**: 297° (west northwest)
- **Return heading**: 83° (east)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Senegal) → United States
- **Intercontinental**: Africa → North America
- **Time difference**: -5h (When it's 03:03 in Dakar, it's 22:03 in Houston)
- **Elevation difference**: 4 ft (SGR is lower than DKR)

## Airports

### [Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (DKR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/dkr-dakar-leopold-sedar-senghor-international-airport/1ef266de-e8f6-601a-8453-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Dakar, Senegal
- ICAO: GOOY
- Timezone: Africa/Dakar
- Coordinates: 14.740000, -17.490000
- Elevation: 85 ft

### [Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sgr-houston-sugar-land-regional-airport/1ef266df-384b-6034-8c66-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Houston, United States
- ICAO: KSGR
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- Coordinates: 29.620000, -95.660000
- Elevation: 81 ft

## Route notes

This is a long-haul route typically operated by wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus A350. Full meal service, in-flight entertainment, and comfort amenities are standard.

Time-zone information: When it's 03:03 in Dakar, it's 22:03 in Houston.
The 5-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport (DKR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/dkr-dakar-leopold-sedar-senghor-international-airport/1ef266de-e8f6-601a-8453-06bb2780ed98)
- [Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sgr-houston-sugar-land-regional-airport/1ef266df-384b-6034-8c66-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)