✈ PEK → IST
9H 9M. BEIJING TO ISTANBUL. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Beijing to Istanbul
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Beijing
How long is the flight from Beijing to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 9 hours 9 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,386 miles (7,059 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 9m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,386 mi
7,059 km · great-circle
Avg speed
771 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
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
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- 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
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Flights to Istanbul
Nearest origins
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Athens → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Tel Aviv → Istanbul
- Vienna → Istanbul
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → Istanbul
Long-haul to Istanbul
- Auckland → Istanbul
- Sydney → Istanbul
- Melbourne → Istanbul
- Santiago → Istanbul
- Buenos Aires → Istanbul
- Mexico City → Istanbul
- Los Angeles → Istanbul
- San Francisco → Istanbul
- Las Vegas → Istanbul
- São Paulo → Istanbul