✈ PEK → JFK
13H 49M, 6,821 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Beijing to New York
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → JFK (JFK), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? New York → Beijing
How long is the flight from Beijing to New York?
A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to New York (JFK) takes about 13 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,821 miles (10,978 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,821 mi
10,978 km · great-circle
Avg speed
794 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-12h
12 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~8.4d
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 New York
Nearest origins
- Boston → New York
- Toronto → New York
- Chicago → New York
- Atlanta → New York
- Miami → New York
- Dallas → New York
- Cancun → New York
- Mexico City → New York
- Las Vegas → New York
- Seattle → New York
Long-haul to New York
- Melbourne → New York
- Bali (Denpasar) → New York
- Sydney → New York
- Singapore → New York
- Kuala Lumpur → New York
- Auckland → New York
- Bangkok → New York
- Manila → New York
- Hong Kong → New York
- Johannesburg → New York