Cheapest€906.97
- United Airlines UA817006:4717h 3m23:50Washington DCABeijing PKX
Door to door 20h 13mCO2 1699.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Washington D.C. to Beijing flight
Flights from Washington D.C. to Beijing start at €1,122.32 and take 20h 13m at their fastest.
The Flights from Washington D.C. to Beijing starts at €1,122.32 and takes 20h 13m door to door, run by 1 operator over 11,481 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 20h 13mDoor to door
- 17h 3mMoving
- €1,122.32From
- 1699.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€1,003.73
- Air Canada AC936907:301h 13m08:43Washington DCAToronto YYZ
- Air Canada AC382309:4414h 9m23:53Toronto YYZBeijing PKX
Changes at Toronto, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 19h 33mCO2 1757.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | €906.97 | 17h 58m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The trip ends at Beijing Railway Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
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When to book Washington D.C. to Beijing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €895.1990 days
- €705.7860 days
- €839.7145 days
- €884.1930 days
- €1,117.3921 days
- €1,278.6714 days
- €1,354.447 days
- €1,493.593 days
- €2,076.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €705.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €2,076.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €1,273.36Sun
- €1,122.32Mon
- €1,363.04Tue
- €1,148.87Wed
- €1,278.67Thu
- €1,411.42Fri
- €1,580.16Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Washington
Air
- IAD
- DCA
Beijing
Air
- PEK
- PKX
- NAY
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 11,481 km against 11,147 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 Toronto, Detroit, Boston, New York City. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Washington D.C. at 06:47 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Washington D.C. to Beijing
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 Washington D.C. to Beijing take?
The Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing takes 20h 13m door to door, of which 17h 3m is spent moving. The route runs 11,481 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 Washington D.C. to Beijing cost?
The Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing starts at €1,122.32 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €1,003.73. 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 Washington D.C. to Beijing?
1 operators run the Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing: United Airlines. Between them they file around 3 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 Washington D.C. to Beijing use?
The Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing leaves from Washington DCA and arrives at Beijing PKX. 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 Washington D.C. to Beijing?
Fares for the Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €705.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 194 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing produce?
The Flight from Washington D.C. to Beijing produces about 1699.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 11481 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 Washington D.C. to Beijing on September 10, 2026: 11481 km of route against 11147 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €1,122.32, and 20h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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