✈ ORD → PEK
13H 20M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Chicago to Beijing
From O'Hare (ORD), USA North America → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Chicago
How long is the flight from Chicago to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from Chicago (ORD) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 13 hours 20 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,564 miles (10,563 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 20m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,564 mi
10,563 km · great-circle
Avg speed
793 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Chicago timezone
UTC-5
America/Chicago
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+13h
13 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~13d
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.
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