Which airport do you fly into for Beijing?

Beijing Capital (PEK) is the airport serving Beijing.

How far is Beijing from Shanghai?

1,099 km (683 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 52m in the air.

Beijing is in China, in Asia, at 40.1°N — the northern hemisphere.

China · Asia

Flights to Beijing: how far it is, and from where

Beijing sits at 40.1°N, 116.6°E, served by Beijing Capital (PEK). Below are 5 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

Routes here: 5; in the catalogue
Nearest: 1,099 km; from Shanghai
Furthest: 10,037 km; from Los Angeles
Airports: 1; PEK

How far Beijing is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

From		Distance	Estimated	Direction
Shanghai	PVG	1,099 km	1h 52m	barely any time shift
Hong Kong	HKG	1,992 km	2h 58m	barely any time shift
Munich	MUC	7,722 km	10h 06m	eastbound — the harder direction
London	LHR	8,154 km	10h 38m	eastbound — the harder direction
Los Angeles	LAX	10,037 km	12h 58m	westbound — the easier direction

What Beijing adds to a map

Beijing puts a pin in China, and Asia is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Los Angeles, is 10,037 km: 25.0% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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