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✈ IST → PVG

10H 18M, 4,983 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 18m
Distance
4,983 mi
Or
8,020 km
Jet lag
5h

Flight from Istanbul to Shanghai

From Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Istanbul

How long is the flight from Istanbul to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Istanbul (IST) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 10 hours 18 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,983 miles (8,020 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 18m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,983 mi

8,020 km · great-circle

Avg speed

779 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+5h

5 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~5d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1187 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1371 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 329 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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