CA937 distance and great-circle path
CA937 covers 8,154 km, or 5,067 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 134 by distance.
The plane leaves Beijing heading north-west. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the PEK-LHR route appears on a tracker map.
Why CA937 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 11.9 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 684 km/h. A Boeing 787-9 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Boeing 787-9 comfortably fly CA937?
Not really. It uses about 58% of the Boeing 787-9's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 787-9.
What to know about CA937
- Time change: you land 8 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.