Distance from Beijing to Chicago
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Chicago, United States is 10,606 km (6,590 mi · 5,727 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,606 km · 6,590 mi · 5,727 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Chicago
- 18° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Chicago → Beijing
- 342° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 08 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Chicago UTC-06:00 (-14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 821 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
- 22:51 UTC / 09:07 UTC
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:32 UTC / 22:38 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.