✈ PEK → AUH

7H 50M. BEIJING TO ABU DHABI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
7h 50m
Distance
3,700 mi
Or
5,955 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Beijing to Abu Dhabi

From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Beijing

How long is the flight from Beijing to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 7 hours 50 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,700 miles (5,955 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

7h 50m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,700 mi

5,955 km · great-circle

Avg speed

760 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

-4h

4 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~2.8d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 881 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1018 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 244 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.