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title: "Munich to Beijing (MUC → PEK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Munich to Beijing is 7,722 km (4,798 mi) great circle, an estimated 10h 06m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/muc-to-pek
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MUC → PEK

# Munich to Beijing: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Munich to Beijing Capital is 7,722 km of great circle — 4,798 mi — and an estimated 10h 06m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
7,722 km
4,798 mi

**Estimated in the air**
10h 06m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
58.3°N
at 41% along

**One lap of Earth**
19.3%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 84th longest.

The Munich to Beijing route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Munich the path crosses Germany, then Czechia, then Poland, then Belarus, then Russia, then Mongolia, then China.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 58.3°N, 41% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 8,383 km. That is 661 km further, about 9% more, and roughly 49m of extra flying.

Leaving Munich the aircraft points north-east (52°); it arrives into Beijing heading south-east (137°). That is 84° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 1.09 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[MUC–PEK carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=MUC&to=PEK) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=MUC-PEK)

From

MUC

## Munich

Munich, Germany · Europe

48.4°N, 11.8°E

[MUC airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/muc)

To

PEK

## Beijing Capital

Beijing, China · Asia

40.1°N, 116.6°E

[PEK airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/pek) [Flights to Beijing →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/beijing)

## Munich to Beijing, asked and answered

**How far is Munich to Beijing?**
Munich to Beijing (MUC to PEK) is 7,722 km, or 4,798 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Munich to Beijing?**
About 10h 06m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a Munich to Beijing flight take?**
The great circle passes over Germany, then Czechia, then Poland, then Belarus, then Russia, then Mongolia, then China. It reaches 58.3°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → PEK London to Beijing 8,154 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-pek) [MUC → JFK Munich to New York 6,481 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/muc-to-jfk) [LAX → PEK Los Angeles to Beijing 10,037 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-pek) [MUC → DOH Munich to Doha 4,302 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/muc-to-doh) [PEK → HKG Beijing to Hong Kong 1,992 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pek-to-hkg) [PEK → PVG Beijing to Shanghai 1,099 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/pek-to-pvg)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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