✈ ZRH → PEK
10H 14M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Zurich to Beijing
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Beijing → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Beijing?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 10 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,953 miles (7,971 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
10h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,953 mi
7,971 km · great-circle
Avg speed
778 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
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.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
- Zurich → Mexico City
More flights to Asia
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