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Flights to Great Wall at Mutianyu
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The wall rides the ridgelines for 21,000 km; Mutianyu is the stretch worth your one day.
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MutianyuSection
Great Wall of ChinaSeries
JiankouSection
Hongluo TempleBuddhist templeNotable places within 10 km, via Wikipedia · photos Wikimedia Commons
Nonstop reach203 airports
Best monthsApr–May, Sep–Nov
Daily budget$50–160
Everyone knows it, and it still deserves the trip. Here is every nonstop that gets you there — and a quieter place nearby when you're ready.
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All 203 nonstop origins
| From | Airport | Airlines | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| DongyingChina | DOY | Hainan Airlines | ~1h 1m |
| HohhotChina | HET | Air China | ~1h 7m |
| TaiyuanChina | TYN | Air China | ~1h 8m |
| XilinhotChina | XIL | Air China | ~1h 8m |
| DalianChina | DLC | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 9m |
| YantaiChina | YNT | Air China, Shandong Airlines | ~1h 14m |
| ChangzhiChina | CIH | Air China | ~1h 15m |
| QingdaoChina | TAO | Air China, Shandong Airlines | ~1h 16m |
| DongshengChina | DSN | Air China | ~1h 19m |
| LinyiChina | LYI | Hainan Airlines | ~1h 20m |
| WeihaiChina | WEH | Air China | ~1h 20m |
| LINFENChina | LFQ | Air China | ~1h 22m |
| ShenyangChina | SHE | Air China | ~1h 22m |
| TongliaoChina | TGO | Air China | ~1h 22m |
| YulinChina | UYN | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 24m |
| DandongChina | DDG | Air China | ~1h 25m |
| HolingolChina | HUO | Hainan Airlines | ~1h 25m |
| LianyungangChina | LYG | Air China | ~1h 25m |
| ZhengzhouChina | CGO | Air China | ~1h 26m |
| Yan'anChina | ENY | Air China | ~1h 31m |
| YunchengChina | YCU | Air China | ~1h 32m |
| BayannurChina | RLK | Air China | ~1h 33m |
| PyongyangNorth Korea | FNJ | Air China | ~1h 35m |
| FuyangChina | FUG | Air China | ~1h 37m |
| UlanhotChina | HLH | Air China | ~1h 37m |
| YanchengChina | YNZ | Air China | ~1h 37m |
| ChangchunChina | CGQ | Air China | ~1h 42m |
| SeoulSouth Korea | ICN | Air China, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air | ~1h 44m |
| SeoulSouth Korea | GMP | Air China, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air | ~1h 46m |
| HefeiChina | HFE | Air China | ~1h 46m |
| Xi'anChina | XIY | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 47m |
| ChangzhouChina | CZX | Air China | ~1h 48m |
| NanjingChina | NKG | Air China | ~1h 48m |
| XiangfanChina | XFN | Shenzhen Airlines | ~1h 49m |
| ShiyanChina | WDS | Air China | ~1h 50m |
| QiqiharChina | NDG | Air China | ~1h 51m |
| HarbinChina | HRB | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 52m |
| DaqingChina | DQA | Air China | ~1h 53m |
| WuxiChina | WUX | Shenzhen Airlines | ~1h 53m |
| ZhongweiChina | ZHY | Sichuan Airlines | ~1h 54m |
| HailarChina | HLD | Air China, Grand China Air, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 55m |
| WuhanChina | WUH | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 56m |
| ShanghaiChina | SHA | Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines | ~1h 58m |
| ShanghaiChina | PVG | Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Hainan Airlines | ~2h |
| YanjiChina | YNJ | Air China | ~2h 1m |
| ChejuSouth Korea | CJU | Air China, Korean Air | ~2h 3m |
| HangzhouChina | HGH | Air China, Eurofly, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 3m |
| HanzhongChina | HZG | Air China | ~2h 3m |
| HuangshanChina | TXN | Air China | ~2h 4m |
| YichangChina | YIH | Hainan Airlines | ~2h 4m |
| JingdezhenChina | JDZ | Air China | ~2h 7m |
| LanzhouChina | LHW | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 7m |
| BusanSouth Korea | PUS | Air China, Korean Air | ~2h 8m |
| NinboChina | NGB | Air China | ~2h 9m |
| YiwuChina | YIW | Air China | ~2h 10m |
| ZhoushanChina | HSN | — | ~2h 11m |
| QuzhouChina | JUZ | Air China | ~2h 11m |
| NanchangChina | KHN | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 11m |
| WanxianChina | WXN | Sichuan Airlines | ~2h 12m |
| GuangyuanChina | GYS | Air China | ~2h 15m |
| ShangraoChina | SQD | Air China | ~2h 16m |
| JixiChina | JXA | Hainan Airlines | ~2h 17m |
| XiningChina | XNN | Air China | ~2h 17m |
| DayongChina | DYG | Air China | ~2h 18m |
| VladivostokRussia | VVO | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 18m |
| ChangchaChina | CSX | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 19m |
| HuangyanChina | HYN | Air China | ~2h 19m |
| JiamusiChina | JMU | Air China | ~2h 19m |
| JiuzhaigouChina | JZH | Air China | ~2h 23m |
| WenzhouChina | WNZ | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 23m |
| MianyangChina | MIG | Air China | ~2h 25m |
| ChongqingChina | CKG | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Sichuan Airlines | ~2h 28m |
| JianChina | JGS | Air China | ~2h 29m |
| HengyangChina | HNY | Air China | ~2h 31m |
| ChengduChina | CTU | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Sichuan Airlines | ~2h 35m |
| ShaoyangChina | WGN | Air China | ~2h 36m |
| GanzhouChina | KOW | Air China | ~2h 37m |
| FuzhouChina | FOC | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines | ~2h 38m |
| LuzhouChina | LZO | Air China | ~2h 39m |
| IrkutskRussia | IKT | Air China | ~2h 41m |
| ZunyiChina | WMT | Air China | ~2h 42m |
| YibinChina | YBP | Air China, Sichuan Airlines | ~2h 43m |
| QuanzhouChina | JJN | Shenzhen Airlines | ~2h 47m |
| TaipeiTaiwan | TPE | Air China, China Airlines, EVA Air, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 48m |
| XiamenChina | XMN | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines | ~2h 48m |
| GuiyangChina | KWE | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 50m |
| GuilinChina | KWL | Air China | ~2h 50m |
| OsakaJapan | KIX | Air China, All Nippon Airways, Hainan Airlines | ~2h 51m |
| ShantouChina | SWA | Air China | ~2h 56m |
| DunhuangChina | DNH | Air China | ~2h 57m |
| GuangzhouChina | CAN | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines | ~3h |
| LiuzhouChina | LZH | Air China | ~3h |
| XichangChina | XIC | Air China | ~3h |
| HuizhouChina | HUZ | Air China | ~3h 1m |
| HamiChina | HMI | Air China | ~3h 3m |
| ShenzhenChina | SZX | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines | ~3h 6m |
| Hong KongHong Kong | HKG | Air China, Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Airlines | ~3h 8m |
| MacauMacau | MFM | Air Macau | ~3h 10m |
| PanzhihuaChina | PZI | Air China | ~3h 11m |
| ZhuhaiChina | ZUH | Air China, Shandong Airlines | ~3h 11m |
| TokyoJapan | HND | Air China, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines | ~3h 16m |
| KunmingChina | KMG | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Kunming Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan Airlines | ~3h 16m |
| NanningChina | NNG | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines | ~3h 16m |
| LijiangChina | LJG | Air China | ~3h 18m |
| TokyoJapan | NRT | Hainan Airlines, Spring Airlines Japan | ~3h 19m |
| BeihaiChina | BHY | Air China | ~3h 22m |
| ZhanjiangChina | ZHA | Air China | ~3h 23m |
| DaliChina | DLU | Air China | ~3h 24m |
| HaikouChina | HAK | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~3h 33m |
| HanoiVietnam | HAN | Air China, Vietnam Airlines | ~3h 34m |
| NyingchiChina | LZY | Air China | ~3h 36m |
| QionghaiChina | BAR | Hainan Airlines | ~3h 40m |
| AltayChina | AAT | Air China | ~3h 41m |
| UrumqiChina | URC | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Sichuan Airlines | ~3h 42m |
| JinghonggasaChina | JHG | Air China | ~3h 48m |
| KrasnoyarskRussia | KJA | — | ~3h 48m |
| SanyaChina | SYX | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Sichuan Airlines | ~3h 49m |
| KorlaChina | KRL | Air China | ~3h 51m |
| KaramayChina | KRY | Air China | ~3h 57m |
| LhasaChina | LXA | Air China, Tibet Airlines | ~3h 57m |
| ManilaPhilippines | MNL | Air China, Philippine Airlines | ~4h 16m |
| Chiang MaiThailand | CNX | Air China | ~4h 19m |
| YiningChina | YIN | Air China | ~4h 20m |
| NovosibirskRussia | OVB | — | ~4h 25m |
| AksuChina | AKU | Air China | ~4h 29m |
| DhakaBangladesh | DAC | Air China | ~4h 29m |
| HotanChina | HTN | Air China | ~4h 40m |
| KratieCambodia | KTI | Air China | ~4h 44m |
| YangonBurma | RGN | Air China | ~4h 45m |
| Alma-ataKazakhstan | ALA | Air Astana, Air China | ~4h 47m |
| BangkokThailand | BKK | Air China, Hainan Airlines, Thai Airways International | ~4h 50m |
| Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam | SGN | Air China | ~4h 56m |
| KashiChina | KHG | Air China | ~4h 59m |
| Kota KinabaluMalaysia | BKI | — | ~5h 27m |
| DelhiIndia | DEL | Air China | ~5h 28m |
| IslamabadPakistan | ISB | Air China, Pakistan International Airlines | ~5h 37m |
| TashkentUzbekistan | TAS | Air China | ~5h 38m |
| PhuketThailand | HKT | Air China | ~5h 42m |
| YekaterinburgRussia | SVX | — | ~6h 11m |
| Kuala LumpurMalaysia | KUL | Air China | ~6h 14m |
| SingaporeSingapore | SIN | Air China, Singapore Airlines | ~6h 20m |
| KarachiPakistan | KHI | Air China | ~6h 49m |
| AshkhabadTurkmenistan | ASB | Turkmenistan Airlines | ~6h 55m |
| JakartaIndonesia | CGK | Air China | ~7h 18m |
| BakuAzerbaijan | GYD | Azerbaijan Airlines | ~7h 38m |
| TehranIran | IKA | Mahan Air | ~7h 49m |
| MuscatOman | MCT | — | ~7h 53m |
| MoscowRussia | SVO | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~8h 1m |
| TbilisiGeorgia | TBS | Air China | ~8h 4m |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | DXB | Emirates | ~8h 5m |
| MaleMaldives | MLE | Beijing Capital Airlines, Maldivian | ~8h 7m |
| Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates | AUH | — | ~8h 13m |
| St. PetersburgRussia | LED | Hainan Airlines | ~8h 21m |
| DohaQatar | DOH | — | ~8h 29m |
| DammamSaudi Arabia | DMM | — | ~8h 35m |
| HelsinkiFinland | HEL | — | ~8h 40m |
| Minsk 2Belarus | MSQ | Air China | ~8h 50m |
| RiyadhSaudi Arabia | RUH | — | ~9h 2m |
| StockholmSweden | ARN | Air China | ~9h 10m |
| WarsawPoland | WAW | Air China | ~9h 29m |
| OsloNorway | OSL | Hainan Airlines | ~9h 33m |
| IstanbulTurkey | IST | Air China, Turkish Airlines | ~9h 38m |
| Tel-avivIsrael | TLV | Hainan Airlines | ~9h 44m |
| CopenhagenDenmark | CPH | Air China | ~9h 48m |
| BudapestHungary | BUD | Air China | ~9h 59m |
| BelgradeSerbia | BEG | Hainan Airlines | ~10h 6m |
| ViennaAustria | VIE | Air China | ~10h 8m |
| PragueCzech Republic | PRG | Hainan Airlines | ~10h 9m |
| CairoEgypt | CAI | Air China, Egyptair | ~10h 14m |
| AthensGreece | ATH | Air China | ~10h 20m |
| MunichGermany | MUC | Air China, Lufthansa | ~10h 29m |
| FrankfurtGermany | FRA | Air China | ~10h 34m |
| AmsterdamNetherlands | AMS | KLM | ~10h 37m |
| VeniceItaly | VCE | Air China | ~10h 41m |
| KeflavikIceland | KEF | Air China | ~10h 43m |
| EdinburghUnited Kingdom | EDI | Hainan Airlines | ~10h 45m |
| BrusselsBelgium | BRU | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~10h 46m |
| ManchesterUnited Kingdom | MAN | Hainan Airlines | ~10h 57m |
| MilanoItaly | MXP | Air China | ~10h 57m |
| RomeItaly | FCO | Air China | ~11h 2m |
| LondonUnited Kingdom | LHR | Air China | ~11h 2m |
| LondonUnited Kingdom | LGW | Air China | ~11h 3m |
| ParisFrance | CDG | Air China, Air France | ~11h 5m |
| GenevaSwitzerland | GVA | Air China | ~11h 6m |
| DublinIreland | DUB | Hainan Airlines | ~11h 11m |
| Addis AbabaEthiopia | ADD | Ethiopian Airlines | ~11h 16m |
| VancouverCanada | YVR | Air Canada, Air China | ~11h 28m |
| SeattleUnited States | SEA | Hainan Airlines | ~11h 43m |
| BarcelonaSpain | BCN | Air China | ~11h 53m |
| SydneyAustralia | SYD | Air China | ~12h 5m |
| AlgierAlgeria | ALG | Air Algérie | ~12h 15m |
| MelbourneAustralia | MEL | Air China | ~12h 16m |
| MadridSpain | MAD | Air China | ~12h 23m |
| San FranciscoUnited States | SFO | Air China, United Airlines | ~12h 45m |
| LisbonPortugal | LIS | — | ~12h 58m |
| CasablancaMorocco | CMN | — | ~13h 27m |
| Los AngelesUnited States | LAX | Air China, United Airlines | ~13h 27m |
| TijuanaMexico | TIJ | Hainan Airlines | ~13h 43m |
| AucklandNew Zealand | AKL | Air China | ~13h 57m |
| TorontoCanada | YYZ | Air China, Hainan Airlines | ~14h 7m |
Showing the 200 nearest of 203.
Routings from major airports
| From | Stops | Via | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW
| 1 stop | YVR | ~17h 19m |
New YorkJFK
| nonstop | — | ~16h 18m |
Los AngelesLAX
| nonstop | — | ~15h 6m |
MiamiMIA
| 1 stop | YYZ | ~18h 54m |
ChicagoORD
| 1 stop | YYZ | ~17h 15m |
LondonLHR
| nonstop | — | ~12h 41m |
TorontoYYZ
| nonstop | — | ~15h 46m |
Why the world goes
Restored but far less crowded than Badaling, 90 minutes from central Beijing, with a cable car up and a toboggan down; Jinshanling is the hike for a second visit.
What to know
Most nationalities get 30 days visa-free or a 240-hour transit exemption — check current rules. Avoid Chinese public holidays entirely.
Quieter alternatives nearby
East Rift ValleyTaiwan · Still quiet · 1 nonstop airportsThe San'in CoastJapan · Still quiet · 2 nonstop airports
Background
Mutianyu is a section of the Great Wall of China located in Huairou District within the city limits of Beijing 70 kilometers (43 mi) northeast of the center of the city. The Mutianyu section of the Great Wall is connected with Jiankou in the west and Lianhuachi in the east. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs.
Questions
- Is there a nonstop flight to Great Wall at Mutianyu?
- Yes — 203 airports fly nonstop to PEK (Beijing Capital International Airport), including Altay, Addis Ababa, Auckland, Aksu, Alma-ata.
- Which airport do you fly into for Great Wall at Mutianyu?
- PEK — Beijing Capital International Airport; PKX — Beijing Daxing International Airport.
- When is the best time to visit Great Wall at Mutianyu?
- Apr–May, Sep–Nov. Most nationalities get 30 days visa-free or a 240-hour transit exemption — check current rules. Avoid Chinese public holidays entirely.
- What does Great Wall at Mutianyu cost per day?
- Roughly $50–160 per person per day on the ground, before flights.
- Is Great Wall at Mutianyu worth visiting?
- Restored but far less crowded than Badaling, 90 minutes from central Beijing, with a cable car up and a toboggan down; Jinshanling is the hike for a second visit.