✈ PVG → IST
10H 18M, 4,983 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
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.
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
- Shanghai → Taipei
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- Shanghai → Beijing
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- Shanghai → Osaka
- Shanghai → Tokyo
- Shanghai → Manila
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- Shanghai → Singapore
- Shanghai → Delhi
- Shanghai → Bali (Denpasar)
- Shanghai → Mumbai
- Shanghai → Dubai
- Shanghai → Abu Dhabi
- Shanghai → Doha
- Shanghai → Helsinki
- Shanghai → Stockholm
- Shanghai → Sydney
- Shanghai → Tel Aviv
Flights to Istanbul
- Bucharest → Istanbul
- Athens → Istanbul
- Budapest → Istanbul
- Tel Aviv → Istanbul
- Vienna → Istanbul
- Cairo → Istanbul
- Warsaw → Istanbul
- Rome → Istanbul
- Prague → Istanbul
- Munich → Istanbul
- Milan → Istanbul
- Berlin → Istanbul
- Zurich → Istanbul
- Frankfurt → Istanbul
- Copenhagen → Istanbul
- Helsinki → Istanbul
- Brussels → Istanbul
- Stockholm → Istanbul
- Amsterdam → Istanbul
- Paris → Istanbul