✈ PVG → IST

10H 18M, 4,983 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 18m
Distance
4,983 mi
Or
8,020 km
Jet lag
29h

Flight from Shanghai to Istanbul

From Pudong (PVG), China Asia  →  Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Istanbul → Shanghai

How long is the flight from Shanghai to Istanbul?

A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 10 hours 18 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,983 miles (8,020 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 18m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,983 mi

8,020 km · great-circle

Avg speed

779 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Shanghai timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Shanghai

Istanbul timezone

UTC+3

Europe/Istanbul

Time difference

-29h

29 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~20.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1187 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1371 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 329 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.