✈ JFK → PEK

13H 49M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
13h 49m
Distance
6,821 mi
Or
10,978 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from New York to Beijing

From JFK (JFK), USA North America  →  Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia

How long is the flight from New York to Beijing?

A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 13 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,821 miles (10,978 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 49m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,821 mi

10,978 km · great-circle

Avg speed

794 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

New York timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+12h

12 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~12d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1625 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1877 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 450 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.