✈ YVR → PEK
10H 52M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Vancouver to Beijing
From YVR (YVR), Canada North America → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
How long is the flight from Vancouver to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 10 hours 52 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,277 miles (8,492 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 52m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,277 mi
8,492 km · great-circle
Avg speed
782 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Vancouver timezone
UTC-7
America/Vancouver
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.