✈ PEK → ORD
13H 20M FROM BEIJING TO CHICAGO. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Beijing to Chicago
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → O'Hare (ORD), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Chicago → Beijing
How long is the flight from Beijing to Chicago?
A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Chicago (ORD) takes about 13 hours 20 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,564 miles (10,563 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 20m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,564 mi
10,563 km · great-circle
Avg speed
793 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Time difference
-13h
13 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~9.1d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Beijing
Nearest destinations
- Beijing → Seoul
- Beijing → Shanghai
- Beijing → Taipei
- Beijing → Osaka
- Beijing → Hong Kong
- Beijing → Tokyo
- Beijing → Manila
- Beijing → Bangkok
- Beijing → Delhi
- Beijing → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul from Beijing
- Beijing → Buenos Aires
- Beijing → Santiago
- Beijing → São Paulo
- Beijing → Rio de Janeiro
- Beijing → Cape Town
- Beijing → Cancun
- Beijing → Miami
- Beijing → Mexico City
- Beijing → Johannesburg
- Beijing → Atlanta
More flights to North America
Flights to Chicago
Nearest origins
- Toronto → Chicago
- Atlanta → Chicago
- New York → Chicago
- Dallas → Chicago
- Boston → Chicago
- Miami → Chicago
- Cancun → Chicago
- Las Vegas → Chicago
- Mexico City → Chicago
- Seattle → Chicago
Long-haul to Chicago
- Bali (Denpasar) → Chicago
- Melbourne → Chicago
- Singapore → Chicago
- Kuala Lumpur → Chicago
- Sydney → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Bangkok → Chicago
- Cape Town → Chicago
- Auckland → Chicago
- Manila → Chicago