FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ SFO → PEK

12H 3M, 5,899 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 3m
Distance
5,899 mi
Or
9,494 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from San Francisco to Beijing

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

↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Beijing?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 12 hours 3 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,899 miles (9,494 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 3m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,899 mi

9,494 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Beijing timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+15h

15 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~15d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1405 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1623 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 389 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.

Flights from San Francisco

Nearest destinations

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Flights to Beijing

Nearest origins

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