FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ SEA → PVG

11H 41M FROM SEATTLE TO SHANGHAI. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.

Flight time
11h 41m
Distance
5,709 mi
Or
9,187 km
Jet lag
15h

Flight from Seattle to Shanghai

From Sea-Tac (SEA), USA North America  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Seattle

How long is the flight from Seattle to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from Seattle (SEA) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 11 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,709 miles (9,187 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

5,709 mi

9,187 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Seattle timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+15h

15 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~15d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1360 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.

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