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PEK Beijing ⇄ SHA Shanghai

Beijing Capital International Airport (China) and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (China): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,076 km668 mi581 nautical miles
PEK → SHA2 h 15 minestimated block time
SHA → PEK2 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hShanghai vs Beijing, today
Great-circle route from Beijing (PEK) to Shanghai (SHA)PEKBeijingSHAShanghai
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

PEK → SHA

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 155° (SSE).

Leave Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

SHA → PEK

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 338° (NNW).

Leave Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Beijing Sat 7 Nov, 12:20 local.

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,076 km · 668 mi · 581 nmi
Initial heading155° (SSE) from PEK; 338° (NNW) from SHA
Farthest from the equator40.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

PEKAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
SHAAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceShanghai is on the same clock as Beijing today.

Jet lag, flying PEK → SHA. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

PEK Beijing Capital International AirportBeijing, China · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m SHA Shanghai Hongqiao International AirportShanghai, China · longest runway 11,154 ft3,400 m

Same cities, other airports

PEKPVG Beijing – Shanghai 1,099 km683 mi · 2 h 15 min

More routes from PEK and SHA

PEKPVG Beijing – Shanghai 1,099 km683 mi · 2 h 15 min PEKCAN Beijing – Guangzhou 1,881 km1,169 mi · 3 h 15 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min LHRPEK London – Beijing 8,154 km5,067 mi · 9 h 50 min SFOPEK San Francisco – Beijing 9,494 km5,899 mi · 12 h 40 min JFKPEK New York – Beijing 10,979 km6,822 mi · 13 h 40 min SHAHND Shanghai – Tokyo 1,777 km1,104 mi · 2 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min CDGMAD Paris – Madrid 1,062 km660 mi · 2 h 20 min SFOSEA San Francisco – Seattle 1,093 km679 mi · 2 h 20 min SINSGN Singapore – Ho Chi Minh City 1,093 km679 mi · 2 h 15 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).