✈ PVG → BOS
14H 43M FROM SHANGHAI TO BOSTON. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Shanghai to Boston
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Logan (BOS), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Boston → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Boston?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Boston (BOS) takes about 14 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,293 miles (11,737 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
14h 43m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,293 mi
11,737 km · great-circle
Avg speed
797 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Boston timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-12h
12 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~8.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Shanghai
Nearest destinations
- Shanghai → Taipei
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Shanghai → Beijing
- Shanghai → Hong Kong
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Shanghai → Tokyo
- Shanghai → Manila
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- Shanghai → Singapore
Long-haul from Shanghai
- Shanghai → Buenos Aires
- Shanghai → Santiago
- Shanghai → São Paulo
- Shanghai → Rio de Janeiro
- Shanghai → Cancun
- Shanghai → Miami
- Shanghai → Cape Town
- Shanghai → Mexico City
- Shanghai → Atlanta
- Shanghai → New York
More flights to North America
Flights to Boston
Nearest origins
- New York → Boston
- Toronto → Boston
- Chicago → Boston
- Atlanta → Boston
- Miami → Boston
- Dallas → Boston
- Cancun → Boston
- Mexico City → Boston
- Las Vegas → Boston
- Seattle → Boston
Long-haul to Boston
- Melbourne → Boston
- Sydney → Boston
- Bali (Denpasar) → Boston
- Singapore → Boston
- Kuala Lumpur → Boston
- Auckland → Boston
- Bangkok → Boston
- Manila → Boston
- Hong Kong → Boston
- Johannesburg → Boston