✈ PEK → SYD
11H 25M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,570 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Beijing to Sydney
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania
↔ Flying the other way? Sydney → Beijing
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.
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 Oceania
Flights to Sydney
Nearest origins
- Melbourne → Sydney
- Auckland → Sydney
- Bali (Denpasar) → Sydney
- Manila → Sydney
- Singapore → Sydney
- Kuala Lumpur → Sydney
- Taipei → Sydney
- Hong Kong → Sydney
- Bangkok → Sydney
- Osaka → Sydney
Long-haul to Sydney
- Lisbon → Sydney
- Casablanca → Sydney
- Madrid → Sydney
- Dublin → Sydney
- Barcelona → Sydney
- London → Sydney
- Manchester → Sydney
- Paris → Sydney
- Edinburgh → Sydney
- Brussels → Sydney