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PEK Beijing ⇄ CTU Chengdu

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

Distance1,558 km968 mi841 nautical miles
PEK → CTU3 hestimated block time
CTU → PEK2 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hChengdu vs Beijing, today
Great-circle route from Beijing (PEK) to Chengdu (CTU)PEKBeijingCTUChengdu
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

PEK → CTU

3 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 231° (SW).

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

CTU → PEK

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 44° (NE).

Leave Chengdu Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

CTU-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 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 distance1,558 km · 968 mi · 841 nmi
Initial heading231° (SW) from PEK; 44° (NE) from CTU
Farthest from the equator40.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

PEKAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
CTUAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceChengdu is on the same clock as Beijing today.

Jet lag, flying PEK → CTU. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

PEK Beijing Capital International AirportBeijing, China · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m CTU Chengdu Shuangliu International AirportChengdu, China · longest runway 11,811 ft3,600 m

More routes from PEK and CTU

PEKSHA Beijing – Shanghai 1,076 km668 mi · 2 h 15 min PEKCAN Beijing – Guangzhou 1,881 km1,169 mi · 3 h 15 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 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

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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).