Distance from Beijing to Istanbul
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Istanbul, Türkiye is 7,057 km (4,385 mi · 3,810 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,057 km · 4,385 mi · 3,810 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Istanbul
- 303° (WNW)
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Beijing
- 59° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 58 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Istanbul UTC+03:00 (-5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 348 min — the sun rises earlier in Beijing
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Beijing
- 39.9075, 116.3972
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:20 UTC / 11:22 UTC
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.