✈ PVG → BRU
11H 30M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,608 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Shanghai to Brussels
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Zaventem (BRU), Belgium Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Brussels → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Brussels?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Brussels (BRU) takes about 11 hours 30 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,608 miles (9,025 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 30m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,608 mi
9,025 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Brussels timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Brussels
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.
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 Europe
Flights to Brussels
Nearest origins
- Amsterdam → Brussels
- Paris → Brussels
- Frankfurt → Brussels
- London → Brussels
- Zurich → Brussels
- Manchester → Brussels
- Munich → Brussels
- Berlin → Brussels
- Milan → Brussels
- Prague → Brussels
Long-haul to Brussels
- Auckland → Brussels
- Sydney → Brussels
- Melbourne → Brussels
- Bali (Denpasar) → Brussels
- Santiago → Brussels
- Buenos Aires → Brussels
- Singapore → Brussels
- Manila → Brussels
- Kuala Lumpur → Brussels
- São Paulo → Brussels