✈ PEK → MEL

11H 36M, 5,663 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 36m
Distance
5,663 mi
Or
9,113 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Beijing to Melbourne

From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia  →  Tullamarine (MEL), Australia Oceania

How long is the flight from Beijing to Melbourne?

A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Melbourne (MEL) takes about 11 hours 36 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,663 miles (9,113 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 36m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,663 mi

9,113 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Melbourne timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Melbourne

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1349 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1558 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 374 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.