✈ SYD → PEK
SYDNEY → BEIJING IN 11H 25M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Sydney to Beijing
From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Sydney
How long is the flight from Sydney to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,570 miles (8,964 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,570 mi
8,964 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
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.
Flights from Sydney
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- Sydney → Melbourne
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- Sydney → Hong Kong
- Sydney → Bangkok
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Long-haul from Sydney
- Sydney → Lisbon
- Sydney → Casablanca
- Sydney → Madrid
- Sydney → Dublin
- Sydney → Barcelona
- Sydney → London
- Sydney → Manchester
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Flights to Beijing
Nearest origins
- Seoul → Beijing
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Taipei → Beijing
- Osaka → Beijing
- Hong Kong → Beijing
- Tokyo → Beijing
- Manila → Beijing
- Bangkok → Beijing
- Delhi → Beijing
- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing
Long-haul to Beijing
- Buenos Aires → Beijing
- Santiago → Beijing
- São Paulo → Beijing
- Rio de Janeiro → Beijing
- Cape Town → Beijing
- Cancun → Beijing
- Miami → Beijing
- Mexico City → Beijing
- Johannesburg → Beijing
- Atlanta → Beijing