Distance from Beijing to Jakarta
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Jakarta, Indonesia is 5,221 km (3,244 mi · 2,819 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,221 km · 3,244 mi · 2,819 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Jakarta
- 193° (SSW)
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Beijing
- 10° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 48 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Jakarta UTC+07:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 103 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
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:03 UTC / 10:55 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.