✈ BOS → PEK

13H 38M, 6,721 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
13h 38m
Distance
6,721 mi
Or
10,816 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from Boston to Beijing

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

How long is the flight from Boston to Beijing?

A nonstop flight from Boston (BOS) to Beijing (PEK) takes about 13 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,721 miles (10,816 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,721 mi

10,816 km · great-circle

Avg speed

794 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Boston 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 1601 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1850 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 443 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.