✈ FRA → PVG

11H 18M FROM FRANKFURT TO SHANGHAI. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
11h 18m
Distance
5,504 mi
Or
8,858 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai

From Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

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.

✈ Flight 1311 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1515 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 363 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.