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Flights from Seoul to Beijing

The 927-kilometre hop between Seoul's Gimpo Airport and Beijing Capital is one of Northeast Asia's most travelled short-haul corridors, covered in a typical block time of around one hour and thirty-five minutes. Four carriers share the route — Air China, China Southern, Korean Air, and Asiana Airlines — and all four typically deploy narrowbody jets such as the Airbus A321 or Boeing 737, though Korean Air occasionally rotates wider equipment during peak periods. One practical point worth noting: travellers connecting onward from Beijing Capital should budget generously for transit, as the airport is large and immigration queues for those requiring a visa can run long; China's 144-hour transit visa exemption, however, makes a tight Beijing stopover considerably more feasible for many nationalities than it once was. Fare-wise, midweek departures tend to yield softer pricing, and autumn shoulder months — late October into November — often produce the most competitive economy fares before Golden Week demand resets the market.

GMP
Seoul
Gimpo International AirportSouth Korea
927 km
PEK
Beijing
Beijing Capital International AirportChina
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927 km
Distance
1h 34m
Flight time
4
Carriers tracked
GMP → PEK
Route

Cheapest dates to fly

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Airlines on this route

4 carriers

The 4 carriers we currently track on the Seoul–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 Seoul to Beijing

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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 GMP 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.