✈ PEK → LAX
12H 42M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,237 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Beijing to Los Angeles
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Beijing
How long is the flight from Beijing to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 12 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,237 miles (10,037 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 42m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,237 mi
10,037 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-15h
15 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~10.5d
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
- 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 Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles