Distance from Beijing to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Beijing, China and Los Angeles, United States is 10,062 km (6,252 mi · 5,433 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,062 km · 6,252 mi · 5,433 nmi
- Initial bearing Beijing → Los Angeles
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Beijing
- 321° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 30 min
- Time zones
- Beijing UTC+08:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 939 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
- 22:03 UTC / 10:13 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:43 UTC / 01:50 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.