Direct Flights to Beijing
4 cities fly nonstop to Beijing PEK, China. Pick your city to see airlines, schedule, and what to do when you land.
Cities with a nonstop to Beijing
About Beijing
Beijing is China's capital and its second-largest city after Shanghai, with a population of around 22 million. With a rich history as the capital of Imperial China for much of its past, Beijing became the political and cultural heart of the People's Republic of China following the Chinese revolutions.
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Top things to do in Beijing
- The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.
- The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing.
- Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site (周口店北京人遗址), also romanized as Choukoutien, is a cave system in suburban Fangshan District, Beijing.
- The National Museum of China is an art and history museum located on the eastern side of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
- The Tiananmen, also Tian'anmen, is the entrance gate of the Forbidden City imperial palace complex and Imperial City in the center of Beijing, China. It is widely used as a national symbol.
- The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, also known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, who was the Founding Father of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the Chinese Communist Par…
- The Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan or Yuanmingyuan Park, originally called the Imperial Gardens, and sometimes called the Winter Palace, was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District…
- Jingshan Park is an imperial park covering 23 hectares immediately north of the Forbidden City in the Imperial City area of Beijing, China. The focal point is the artificial hill Jingshan.
- Dadu or Khanbaliq was the winter capital of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in what is now Beijing, the capital of China today.
- Beijing Zoo is a zoological park in Xizhimen, Xicheng District, Beijing. Founded in 1906 during the late Qing dynasty, it is the oldest zoo in China and oldest public park in northern China.
- Beihai Park is a public park and former imperial garden immediately northwest of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
- The Monument to the People's Heroes is a ten-story obelisk that was erected as a national monument of China to the martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Planning a trip to Beijing
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Beijing is April–May and September–October, when daytime highs are a comfortable 67–81°F.
- How long to stay
- Beijing rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, and Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Which cities have nonstop flights to Beijing?
- 4 cities fly nonstop to Beijing, including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington.
- Which airlines fly nonstop to Beijing?
- CA, United fly nonstop to Beijing (PEK).
- Where do most nonstop flights to Beijing come from?
- Los Angeles has the most, at about 1 departure a day to Beijing.
- What is the shortest nonstop flight to Beijing?
- San Francisco, about 5,899 miles away.