Distance from Beijing to Kinshasa
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Kinshasa, DR Congo is 11,261 km (6,997 mi · 6,080 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,261 km · 6,997 mi · 6,080 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Kinshasa
- 274° (W)
- Initial bearing Kinshasa → Beijing
- 50° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Kinshasa UTC+01:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 467 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
- Kinshasa
- -4.3276, 15.3136
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:07 UTC / 17:04 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.