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title: "Flights to Beijing: how far it is, and from where · Orbit"
description: "Great circle distances and estimated flying times to Beijing, China, from 5 cities — 1,099 km at the nearest, 10,037 km at the furthest. Distance and geography, not fares."
url: https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/beijing
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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](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pek-to-pvg)    | PVG | 1,099 km  | 1h 52m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Hong Kong](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pek-to-hkg)   | HKG | 1,992 km  | 2h 58m    | barely any time shift            |
| [Munich](https://orbitflights.app/routes/muc-to-pek)      | MUC | 7,722 km  | 10h 06m   | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [London](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-pek)      | LHR | 8,154 km  | 10h 38m   | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Los Angeles](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-pek) | 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.

[What actually counts as a country visited →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/counting-countries)

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