Beijing to Seattle flight

Flights from Beijing to Seattle start at €845.02 and take 15h 15m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Beijing to Seattle starts at €845.02 and takes 15h 15m door to door, run by 2 operators over 8,951 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 15h 15mDoor to door
  • 12h 5mMoving
  • €845.02From
  • 1324.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€701.06
  1. Delta Air Lines DA137806:0813h 5m19:13Beijing PEKSeattle SEA

Door to door 16h 15mCO2 1324.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€973.05
  1. Hainan Airlines HA237006:0212h 5m18:07Beijing PKXSeattle SEA

Door to door 15h 15mCO2 1324.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€797.23
  1. Air Canada AC400407:3012h 26m19:56Beijing NAYVancouver YVR
  2. Amtrak A199320:511h 32m22:23Vancouver Pacific CentralSeattle King Street

Changes at Vancouver, with 55 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 16h 50mCO2 1304.4 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Delta Air Lines€701.0614h 49m
Hainan Airlines€753.5714h 50m

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Seattle is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Beijing to Seattle

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €679.2390 days
  2. €681.0060 days
  3. €812.5745 days
  4. €835.5830 days
  5. €773.6321 days
  6. €984.2614 days
  7. €1,214.367 days
  8. €1,699.933 days
  9. €2,221.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €679.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €2,221.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €995.47Sun
  2. €845.02Mon
  3. €943.55Tue
  4. €984.26Wed
  5. €1,131.76Thu
  6. €1,045.03Fri
  7. €1,153.59Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Beijing

Air
  • PEK
  • PKX
  • NAY

Seattle

Air
  • SEA
  • BFI
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 8,951 km against 8,690 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, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 06:02 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 Seattle

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Seattle take?

The Flight from Beijing to Seattle takes 15h 15m door to door, of which 12h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 8,951 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 Seattle cost?

The Flight from Beijing to Seattle starts at €845.02 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €912.28. 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 Seattle?

2 operators run the Flight from Beijing to Seattle: Delta Air Lines, Hainan 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 Seattle use?

The Flight from Beijing to Seattle leaves from Beijing PKX and arrives at Seattle SEA. 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 Seattle?

Fares for the Flight from Beijing to Seattle bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €679.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 227 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Beijing to Seattle produce?

The Flight from Beijing to Seattle produces about 1324.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8951 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Beijing to Seattle on September 9, 2026: 8951 km of route against 8690 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €845.02, and 15h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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