Route · PEK → ICN
Flights from Beijing to Seoul
The 903-kilometer hop between Beijing Capital (PEK) and Seoul Incheon (ICN) is one of Northeast Asia's busiest short-haul corridors, clocking in at around an hour and thirty minutes block time — short enough that business travelers frequently do it as a day trip. Air China and Korean Air dominate with the highest frequencies and typically deploy narrowbodies such as the Boeing 737-800 or Airbus A321, while China Southern and Asiana round out the schedule with similar equipment; Korean Air occasionally upgrades to a widebody on peak departures, making its business class a genuinely comfortable option on a route where premium seats are otherwise modest. Practically speaking, arriving into Incheon rather than Seoul's domestic Gimpo airport means budget an extra 45–60 minutes to reach central Seoul via the AREX express train. Fares tend to soften noticeably in January and February after Lunar New Year travel, and midweek departures consistently yield better availability than Friday or Sunday, which are crowded with weekend leisure travelers moving between the two capitals.
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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 Beijing–Seoul 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 Beijing to Seoul
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Beijing to Seoul — 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 PEK and… ICN, 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.