✈ PVG → TLV

10H 15M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
10h 15m
Distance
4,957 mi
Or
7,978 km
Jet lag
29h

Flight from Shanghai to Tel Aviv

From Pudong (PVG), China Asia  →  Ben Gurion (TLV), Israel Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Tel Aviv → Shanghai

How long is the flight from Shanghai to Tel Aviv?

A nonstop flight from Shanghai (PVG) to Tel Aviv (TLV) takes about 10 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,957 miles (7,978 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 15m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,957 mi

7,978 km · great-circle

Avg speed

779 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Shanghai timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Shanghai

Tel Aviv timezone

UTC+3

Asia/Jerusalem

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 1181 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1364 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 327 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.