Beijing (PEK) to Tokyo (TYO): 1,300 miles (2,092 km) great-circle, about 3h 05m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $316 round-trip on Japan Airlines, nonstop, departing June 2, 2026.
$316 round-trip, Japan Airlines JL22, departing 2026-06-02 at 16:20, returning 2026-06-09. The recorded itinerary left on a Tuesday, returning on a Tuesday 7 nights later; the fare was observed 38 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $316, it ranked 8th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from PEK (median $408). That is 24.3 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the PEK median of 26.1 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from PEK of similar length: Hong Kong (1,238 mi) at $182 and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (1,384 mi) at $864.
PEK to TYO is the only one of 30 PEK routes where Japan Airlines priced cheapest. It is the 21st longest of the 30 routes we track from PEK.
Of 34 departure airports with a fare to Tokyo, Beijing (PEK) ranked 8th at $316. Lowest: $80 from Sapporo (CTS); highest: $1812 from Washington DC (DCA); 11 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Scoot (4), Frontier (3), WestJet (3), Alaska Airlines (2), Jetstar (2) and Jetstar Japan (2), plus 17 more.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Shanghai, Asia/Tokyo; flight time is our estimate.