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✈ EDI → PEK

EDINBURGH → BEIJING: 10H 12M, 4,931 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.

Flight time
10h 12m
Distance
4,931 mi
Or
7,935 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from Edinburgh to Beijing

From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe  →  Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Edinburgh

How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Beijing?

A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 10 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,931 miles (7,935 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 12m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,931 mi

7,935 km · great-circle

Avg speed

778 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1174 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1357 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 325 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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