Which airport do you fly into for Shanghai?

Shanghai Pudong (PVG) is the airport serving Shanghai.

How far is Shanghai from Seoul?

822 km (511 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 31m in the air.

Shanghai is in China, in Asia, at 31.1°N — the northern hemisphere.

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Flights to Shanghai: how far it is, and from where

Shanghai sits at 31.1°N, 121.8°E, served by Shanghai Pudong (PVG). Below are 7 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

Routes here: 7; in the catalogue
Nearest: 822 km; from Seoul
Furthest: 10,415 km; from Los Angeles
Airports: 1; PVG

How far Shanghai is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

From		Distance	Estimated	Direction
Seoul	ICN	822 km	1h 31m	barely any time shift
Beijing	PEK	1,099 km	1h 52m	barely any time shift
Hong Kong	HKG	1,255 km	2h 04m	barely any time shift
Tokyo	HND	1,738 km	2h 40m	westbound — the easier direction
London	LHR	9,241 km	11h 59m	eastbound — the harder direction
San Francisco	SFO	9,877 km	12h 47m	westbound — the easier direction
Los Angeles	LAX	10,415 km	13h 27m	westbound — the easier direction

What Shanghai adds to a map

Shanghai puts a pin in China, and Asia is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Los Angeles, is 10,415 km: 26.0% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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