✈ FRA → PVG
FRANKFURT → SHANGHAI IN 11H 18M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai
From Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe → Pudong (PVG), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Frankfurt
How long is the flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai?
A nonstop flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 11 hours 18 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,504 miles (8,858 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 18m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,504 mi
8,858 km · great-circle
Avg speed
784 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Frankfurt timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
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.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Frankfurt
Nearest destinations
- Frankfurt → Zurich
- Frankfurt → Munich
- Frankfurt → Brussels
- Frankfurt → Amsterdam
- Frankfurt → Prague
- Frankfurt → Berlin
- Frankfurt → Paris
- Frankfurt → Milan
- Frankfurt → Vienna
- Frankfurt → London
Long-haul from Frankfurt
- Frankfurt → Auckland
- Frankfurt → Sydney
- Frankfurt → Melbourne
- Frankfurt → Santiago
- Frankfurt → Bali (Denpasar)
- Frankfurt → Buenos Aires
- Frankfurt → Manila
- Frankfurt → Singapore
- Frankfurt → Kuala Lumpur
- Frankfurt → São Paulo
More flights to Asia
Flights to Shanghai
Nearest origins
- Taipei → Shanghai
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Beijing → Shanghai
- Hong Kong → Shanghai
- Osaka → Shanghai
- Tokyo → Shanghai
- Manila → Shanghai
- Bangkok → Shanghai
- Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
- Singapore → Shanghai
Long-haul to Shanghai
- Buenos Aires → Shanghai
- Santiago → Shanghai
- São Paulo → Shanghai
- Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
- Cancun → Shanghai
- Miami → Shanghai
- Cape Town → Shanghai
- Mexico City → Shanghai
- Atlanta → Shanghai
- New York → Shanghai