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✈ BRU → PVG

BRUSSELS → SHANGHAI IN 11H 30M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
11h 30m
Distance
5,608 mi
Or
9,025 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Brussels to Shanghai

From Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Brussels

How long is the flight from Brussels to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Brussels (BRU) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 11 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,608 miles (9,025 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 30m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,608 mi

9,025 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Brussels timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Brussels

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1336 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1543 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 370 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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