FLIGHT HOP.fyi

✈ SFO → PVG

12H 31M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,137 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
12h 31m
Distance
6,137 mi
Or
9,877 km
Jet lag
39h

Flight from San Francisco to Shanghai

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Pudong (PVG), China Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Shanghai?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 12 hours 31 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,137 miles (9,877 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 31m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,137 mi

9,877 km · great-circle

Avg speed

790 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Shanghai timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Shanghai

Time difference

+39h

39 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~39d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1462 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1689 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 405 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.

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