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✈ PEK → SEA

11H 5M, 5,393 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 5m
Distance
5,393 mi
Or
8,679 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from Beijing to Seattle

From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia  →  Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Seattle → Beijing

How long is the flight from Beijing to Seattle?

A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Seattle (SEA) takes about 11 hours 5 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,393 miles (8,679 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 5m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,393 mi

8,679 km · great-circle

Avg speed

783 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Seattle 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.

✈ Flight 1284 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1484 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 356 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.

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