Flights Los Angeles → Beijing
LAX → PEK
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Beijing?
The flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Beijing (PEK) takes 13h 24m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route operates from Los Angeles International Airport, which opened in 1926, to Beijing Capital International Airport, established in 1958. The Boeing 777-300 aircraft serves this high-demand route, connecting a bustling origin city with one of the world's busiest airports by passenger traffic, handling over 52 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Los Angeles (LAX) → Beijing (PEK) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 6 flights monitored in recent months, 60% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Beijing the average ATFM delay is 4.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Beijing: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Beijing (PEK) heads north-west for about 10,037 km, a flight time of roughly 13h 24m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 100% of LAX-PEK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Beijing it is 4.0 min (atfm).
Across 6 tracked LAX-PEK flights, 60% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
Airlines operating LAX-PEK
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-PEK
The flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Beijing (PEK) takes 13h 24m on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Beijing (PEK) route, on-time performance is 60% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 6 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Beijing is 0.00% across 6 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
