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PVG Shanghai ⇄ NRT Tokyo

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) and Narita International Airport (Japan): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,796 km1,116 mi970 nautical miles
PVG → NRT2 h 55 minestimated block time
NRT → PVG3 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hTokyo vs Shanghai, today
Great-circle route from Shanghai (PVG) to Tokyo (NRT)PVGShanghaiNRTTokyo
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

PVG → NRT

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 68° (ENE).

Leave Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

NRT → PVG

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 259° (WSW).

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

PVG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,796 km · 1,116 mi · 970 nmi
Initial heading68° (ENE) from PVG; 259° (WSW) from NRT
Farthest from the equator35.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip9% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

PVGAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
NRTAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 1 hour ahead of Shanghai today.

Jet lag, flying PVG → NRT. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

PVG Shanghai Pudong International AirportShanghai, China · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m NRT Narita International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from PVG and NRT

PEKPVG Beijing – Shanghai 1,099 km683 mi · 2 h 15 min PVGHKG Shanghai – Hong Kong 1,255 km780 mi · 2 h 35 min SINPVG Singapore – Shanghai 3,806 km2,365 mi · 5 h 15 min YVRPVG Vancouver – Shanghai 9,016 km5,602 mi · 12 h LHRPVG London – Shanghai 9,241 km5,742 mi · 11 h LAXPVG Los Angeles – Shanghai 10,415 km6,472 mi · 14 h ICNNRT Seoul – Tokyo 1,257 km781 mi · 2 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min HNLNRT Honolulu – Tokyo 6,136 km3,813 mi · 8 h 40 min YVRNRT Vancouver – Tokyo 7,503 km4,662 mi · 10 h 20 min LAXNRT Los Angeles – Tokyo 8,753 km5,439 mi · 12 h 05 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

DFWMIA Dallas–Fort Worth – Miami 1,802 km1,120 mi · 2 h 55 min ATLMBJ Atlanta – Montego Bay 1,803 km1,120 mi · 3 h 05 min BOSMCO Boston – Orlando 1,806 km1,122 mi · 3 h 15 min SHAHND Shanghai – Tokyo 1,777 km1,104 mi · 2 h 55 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).