- Great circle
- 1,992 km
- 1,237 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 2h 58m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 40.1°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 5.0%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 197th longest.
The Beijing to Hong Kong route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Beijing the path crosses China.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 40.1°N, 0% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
The heading barely moves: south out of Beijing, south into Hong Kong. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.
Beijing to Hong Kong, asked and answered
- How far is Beijing to Hong Kong?
- Beijing to Hong Kong (PEK to HKG) is 1,992 km, or 1,237 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Beijing to Hong Kong?
- About 2h 58m 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 Beijing to Hong Kong flight take?
- The great circle passes over China. It reaches 40.1°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.
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