Cheapest€770.09
- Air China AC938006:0914h 31m20:40Beijing PKXSan Francisco SFO
Door to door 17h 41mCO2 1448.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Beijing to San Francisco flight
Flights from Beijing to San Francisco start at €922.31 and take 16h 52m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Beijing to San Francisco on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Beijing to San Francisco starts at €922.31 and takes 16h 52m door to door, run by 2 operators over 9,789 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 16h 52mDoor to door
- 13h 42mMoving
- €922.31 to €2,005.55From
- 06:09 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 1448.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€922.31 to €2,005.55 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,752.44Tue15
- about €1,650.96Wed16
- about €2,005.55Thu17
- about €1,479.86Fri18
- about €1,577.21Sat19
- about €1,435.61Sun20
- about €1,453.90Mon21
- about €926.44Tue22
- about €1,050.93Wed23
- about €1,361.27Thu24
- about €1,188.40Fri25
- about €1,409.65Sat26
- about €1,167.16Sun27
- about €922.31Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Fastest€1,001.96
- United Airlines UA228406:1013h 42m19:52Beijing NAYSan Francisco SFO
Door to door 16h 52mCO2 1448.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Air China | €770.09 | 15h 58m |
| United Airlines | €896.94 | 15h 54m |
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When to book Beijing to San Francisco
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €917.5990 days
- €755.9360 days
- €812.5745 days
- €728.2030 days
- €770.0921 days
- €922.3114 days
- €1,453.907 days
- €2,005.553 days
- €1,752.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €728.20.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 175 percent. The dearest point is €2,005.55, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €1,167.16Sun
- €922.31Mon
- €926.44Tue
- €1,050.93Wed
- €1,361.27Thu
- €1,188.40Fri
- €1,409.65Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Beijing
Air
- PEK
- PKX
- NAY
San Francisco
Air
- SFO
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 9,789 km against 9,503 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Vancouver, Seattle, Tokyo, Seoul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Beijing at 06:09 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Beijing to San Francisco
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco take?
The Flight from Beijing to San Francisco takes 16h 52m door to door, of which 13h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 9,789 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco cost?
The Flight from Beijing to San Francisco starts at €922.31 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €942.37. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco?
2 operators run the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco: Air China, United Airlines. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco use?
The Flight from Beijing to San Francisco leaves from Beijing NAY and arrives at San Francisco SFO. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco?
Fares for the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €728.20. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 175 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Beijing to San Francisco produce?
The Flight from Beijing to San Francisco produces about 1448.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 9789 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Beijing to San Francisco on 14 September 2026: 9789 km of route against 9503 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €922.31, and 16h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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