✈ PVG → FRA
11H 18M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Shanghai to Frankfurt
From Pudong (PVG), China Asia → Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Frankfurt → Shanghai
How long is the flight from Shanghai to Frankfurt?
A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Frankfurt (FRA) takes about 11 hours 18 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,504 miles (8,858 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 18m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,504 mi
8,858 km · great-circle
Avg speed
784 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Frankfurt timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
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 Frankfurt
Nearest origins
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Munich → Frankfurt
- Brussels → Frankfurt
- Amsterdam → Frankfurt
- Prague → Frankfurt
- Berlin → Frankfurt
- Paris → Frankfurt
- Milan → Frankfurt
- Vienna → Frankfurt
- London → Frankfurt
Long-haul to Frankfurt
- Auckland → Frankfurt
- Sydney → Frankfurt
- Melbourne → Frankfurt
- Santiago → Frankfurt
- Bali (Denpasar) → Frankfurt
- Buenos Aires → Frankfurt
- Manila → Frankfurt
- Singapore → Frankfurt
- Kuala Lumpur → Frankfurt
- São Paulo → Frankfurt