✈ PEK → YVR

10H 52M, 5,277 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 52m
Distance
5,277 mi
Or
8,492 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from Beijing to Vancouver

From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia  →  YVR (YVR), Canada North America

↔ Flying the other way? Vancouver → Beijing

How long is the flight from Beijing to Vancouver?

A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Vancouver (YVR) takes about 10 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,277 miles (8,492 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 52m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,277 mi

8,492 km · great-circle

Avg speed

782 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

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 1257 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1452 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 348 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.