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FRA Frankfurt ⇄ PEK Beijing

Frankfurt Main Airport (Germany) and Beijing Capital International Airport (China): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,789 km4,840 mi4,206 nautical miles
FRA → PEK9 h 20 minestimated block time
PEK → FRA10 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change+7 hBeijing vs Frankfurt, today
Great-circle route from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing (PEK)FRAFrankfurtPEKBeijing
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

FRA → PEK

9 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 51° (NE).

Leave Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Beijing Sun 8 Nov, 02:20 local +1 day.

PEK → FRA

10 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 319° (NW).

Leave Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 13:30 local.

FRA-bound flights are the slower direction by about 70 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance7,789 km · 4,840 mi · 4,206 nmi
Initial heading51° (NE) from FRA; 319° (NW) from PEK
Farthest from the equator60.2°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip39% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

FRAEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
PEKAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBeijing is 7 hours ahead of Frankfurt today; +7 h in January and +6 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying FRA → PEK. Your body clock has to move 7 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 7 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

FRA Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m PEK Beijing Capital International AirportBeijing, China · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from FRA and PEK

FRABER Frankfurt – Berlin 431 km268 mi · 1 h 30 min FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 min ORDFRA Chicago – Frankfurt 6,971 km4,331 mi · 8 h 25 min IAHFRA Houston – Frankfurt 8,402 km5,221 mi · 9 h 55 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 h 35 min FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min PEKSHA Beijing – Shanghai 1,076 km668 mi · 2 h 15 min PEKCTU Beijing – Chengdu 1,558 km968 mi · 3 h PEKSZX Beijing – Shenzhen 1,957 km1,216 mi · 3 h 20 min LHRPEK London – Beijing 8,154 km5,067 mi · 9 h 50 min SFOPEK San Francisco – Beijing 9,494 km5,899 mi · 12 h 40 min JFKPEK New York – Beijing 10,979 km6,822 mi · 13 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

MANCUN Manchester – Cancún 7,794 km4,843 mi · 10 h 40 min IAHLHR Houston – London 7,763 km4,824 mi · 9 h 15 min SYDHND Sydney – Tokyo 7,818 km4,858 mi · 10 h HELHND Helsinki – Tokyo 7,825 km4,862 mi · 9 h 35 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).