LGW → PEKLondon to Beijing

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Direct flights from London (LGW) to Beijing (PEK): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 6 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 8,166 km, an estimated 10 hours 58 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at London and Beijing. Updated 28 October 2026 at 11:36 UTC.

LGW London busy · +27
PEK Beijing smooth · +0
8,166 km · ~10h 58m est.
departs 12:357x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
82 / 100

route health from live LGW and PEK delay boards

0 of 6 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Flight time~10h 58mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Air China

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Air ChinaCA

Flights CA852 12:35 daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-28CA852departed+14
10-26CA852departed+16
10-25CA852departed+6
10-24CA852departed+25
10-23CA852departed+13
10-22CA852departed+11

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
LGWLondon +27 min busy 🌤 mostly cloudy · ESE 4 kt Full LGW delay board →
PEKBeijing +0 min smooth 🌤 clear · SSE 6 kt Full PEK delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at LGW: a 80% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +40 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the London to Beijing route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LGW 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

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LGW to PEK questions

Is LGW–PEK running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at LGW is the weaker end, route health score 82/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from LGW to PEK?

Great-circle distance is 8,166 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 606–730 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does LGW–PEK fly?

Air China runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). 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 LGW 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.