✈ PEK → SYD

11H 25M, 5,570 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 25m
Distance
5,570 mi
Or
8,964 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Beijing to Sydney

From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia  →  Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania

How long is the flight from Beijing to Sydney?

A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Sydney (SYD) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,570 miles (8,964 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,570 mi

8,964 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

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 1327 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1533 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 368 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.