Air ChinaCA
Flights CA862 varies Mo Tu Th Fr Sa
live
Direct flights from Geneva (GVA) to Beijing (PEK): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 56 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 5 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,202 km, an estimated 11 hours 1 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Geneva and Beijing. Updated 2 November 2026 at 19:03 UTC.
Today, GVA → PEK
Mon 2 Nov · local times- 12:20 CA862AIR CHINA Left 12:32 +12 ·
Checked GVA board 20:03 · PEK board 02:38
GVA
Geneva
smooth · +12
PEK
Beijing
smooth · +0
8,202 km · ~11h 01m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
76 / 100
route health from live GVA and PEK delay boards
Median arrival delay is −56 min. 0 of 5 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival−56 minacross the last 1 arrival
Flight time~11h 01mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at GVA: a 33% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +8 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
next sweep in 120s
How the Geneva to Beijing route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop GVA to PEK flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
Cite this data
Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.
Suggested citation
Pro Flight Search: Geneva (GVA) to Beijing (PEK) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
Canonical URL
How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/GVA-PEK
GVA to PEK questions
Is GVA–PEK running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at GVA is the weaker end, route health score 76/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from GVA to PEK?
Great-circle distance is 8,202 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 609–733 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does GVA–PEK fly?
Air China runs the route with about 5 flights a week (mon, tue, thu, fri, sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at GVA and arrival-side delay at PEK, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
.