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Flights from Chengdu to Beijing

The Chengdu–Beijing corridor is one of China's busiest domestic trunk routes, covering roughly 1,555 kilometres with a typical block time of around two hours and fifteen minutes, making it a natural business-day shuttle between the Sichuan capital and the national capital. Air China dominates with the most frequencies and typically deploys narrowbody Airbus A321s or Boeing 737s, while Sichuan Airlines and China Southern add meaningful capacity; All Nippon Airways and Shenzhen Airlines round out the tracked carriers with lighter schedules. A practical note worth flagging: Beijing splits traffic between Capital (PEK) and Daxing (PKX) airports, so confirm your terminal before booking onward connections, as transferring between the two requires significant time. For fares, midweek departures and travel in the shoulder months of March or November tend to offer the most competitive economy pricing, while Air China's business-class seats often see better availability on early-morning departures.

CTU
Chengdu
Chengdu Shuangliu International AirportChina
1,555 km
PEK
Beijing
Beijing Capital International AirportChina
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1,555 km
Distance
2h 17m
Flight time
5
Carriers tracked
CTU → PEK
Route

Cheapest dates to fly

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Airlines on this route

5 carriers

The 5 carriers we currently track on the Chengdu–Beijing route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.

Flights from Chengdu to Beijing

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Below is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Chengdu to Beijing — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.

Airport guides

Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at CTU and… PEK, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.