PEK → EDIBeijing to Edinburgh

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Direct flights from Beijing (PEK) to Edinburgh (EDI): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 6 minutes early. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 7,937 km, an estimated 10 hours 41 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Beijing and Edinburgh. Updated 12 October 2026 at 13:25 UTC.

Today, PEK → EDI

Mon 12 Oct · local times
  1. 03:40 HU407Hainan Airlines Left 03:47 +7 Landed 06:50 −10

Checked PEK board 21:25 · EDI board 14:22

PEK Beijing smooth · +8
EDI Edinburgh smooth · +0
7,937 km · ~10h 41m est.
departs 03:107x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
75 / 100

route health from live PEK and EDI delay boards

Median arrival delay is −6 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival−6 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~10h 41mestimated 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
Hainan Airlines

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
Hainan AirlinesHU

Flights HU407 03:10 daily

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-12HU407dep +7 → arr−10
10-10HU407dep +9 → arr−6
10-09HU407dep +26 → arr+9

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
PEKBeijing +8 min smooth 🌫 clear · 2 kt Full PEK delay board →
EDIEdinburgh +0 min smooth ⛅ mostly cloudy · E 3 kt Full EDI delay board →

Weather lens

Current conditions put the pressure at PEK and EDI: 42% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +26 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Beijing to Edinburgh route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop PEK to EDI 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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How we measure this →

PEK to EDI questions

Is PEK–EDI running on time right now?

Mostly on schedule. The departure side at PEK is the weaker end, route health score 75/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from PEK to EDI?

Great-circle distance is 7,937 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 590–710 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does PEK–EDI fly?

Hainan Airlines 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 PEK and arrival-side delay at EDI, 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.