✈ MAN → PVG

11H 41M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,707 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
11h 41m
Distance
5,707 mi
Or
9,185 km
Jet lag
31h

Flight from Manchester to Shanghai

From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Manchester

How long is the flight from Manchester to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 11 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,707 miles (9,185 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 41m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,707 mi

9,185 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Manchester timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Shanghai timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+31h

31 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~31d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1359 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1571 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 377 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.