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✈ AUH → PVG

8H 33M. ABU DHABI TO SHANGHAI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
8h 33m
Distance
4,070 mi
Or
6,550 km
Jet lag
4h

Flight from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai

From Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Abu Dhabi

How long is the flight from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 8 hours 33 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,070 miles (6,550 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

8h 33m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,070 mi

6,550 km · great-circle

Avg speed

766 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+4h

4 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~4d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 969 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1120 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 269 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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