✈ PVG → AMS

11H 21M, 5,536 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 21m
Distance
5,536 mi
Or
8,910 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Shanghai to Amsterdam

From Pudong (PVG), China Asia  →  Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Amsterdam → Shanghai

How long is the flight from Shanghai to Amsterdam?

A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Amsterdam (AMS) takes about 11 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,536 miles (8,910 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 21m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,536 mi

8,910 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Shanghai timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Shanghai

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1319 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1524 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 365 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.