Route · ICN → PEK
Flights from Seoul to Beijing
One of Northeast Asia's busiest short-haul corridors, the Seoul Incheon–Beijing Capital hop covers roughly 900 kilometres and clocks in at around an hour and a half in the air, making it a genuine same-day business commute. Four carriers share the route: Air China and China Southern on the Chinese side typically deploy narrowbodies such as the A320 family, while Korean Air and Asiana Airlines often use similar equipment, occasionally stepping up to a widebody on peak departure banks. A practical note worth flagging: most international flights into Beijing Capital arrive at Terminal 3, but verify at booking, as gate assignments can shift; also, visitors from many Western countries still require a Chinese visa in advance, whereas South Korean passport holders currently benefit from a bilateral visa-free arrangement. On fares, midweek departures tend to undercut weekend pricing, and the shoulder periods of late autumn and early spring generally offer the most room to negotiate, while premium-cabin inventory on the Chinese carriers is often loosest outside Golden Week travel windows.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
4 carriersThe 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
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Seoul 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 ICN 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.