Distance from Beijing to New York City
Flying the shortest possible route, New York City lies 10,989 km (6,828 miles, 5,933 nautical miles) from Beijing — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,989 km · 6,828 mi · 5,933 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → New York City
- 8° (N)
- Initial bearing New York City → Beijing
- 352° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-12 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 760 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
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:00 UTC / 00:05 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.