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PEK Beijing ⇄ KMG Kunming

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

Distance2,094 km1,301 mi1,131 nautical miles
PEK → KMG3 h 35 minestimated block time
KMG → PEK3 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hKunming vs Beijing, today
Great-circle route from Beijing (PEK) to Kunming (KMG)PEKBeijingKMGKunming
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 → KMG

3 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 221° (SW).

Leave Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Kunming Sat 7 Nov, 13:35 local.

KMG → PEK

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 34° (NE).

Leave Kunming Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 13:20 local.

KMG-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 distance2,094 km · 1,301 mi · 1,131 nmi
Initial heading221° (SW) from PEK; 34° (NE) from KMG
Farthest from the equator40.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% 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)
KMGAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceKunming is on the same clock as Beijing today.

Jet lag, flying PEK → KMG. 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 KMG Kunming Changshui International AirportKunming, China · longest runway 14,764 ft4,500 m

More routes from PEK and KMG

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

LHRCMN London – Casablanca 2,094 km1,301 mi · 3 h 30 min CDGATH Paris – Athens 2,108 km1,310 mi · 3 h 15 min ICNHKG Seoul – Hong Kong 2,069 km1,286 mi · 3 h 30 min TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 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).