Melbourne (MEL) – Shanghai (PVG)
- Distance
- 7,986 km
- 4,962 mi · 4,312 nm
- Flight time
- 10 h 15 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- 3 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 938 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (555 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 404,295
- Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +25.5%
- Flights / week
- —
- Not in this source
- Seats filled
- —
- Airlines nonstop
- —
- Not named in this source
Traffic: BITRE (Australia), international airline activity by city pair, Jul 2025 – Jun 2026. BITRE reports cities, not airports: the Melbourne figures can include Avalon (AVV). Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from MEL
- 339°
- Heading from PVG
- 161°
- Halfway point
- -3.34, 132.87
- Great-circle km
- 8,017 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- 3 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 10 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 33,328 |
| Aug 2025 | 28,293 |
| Sep 2025 | 26,110 |
| Oct 2025 | 31,808 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,219 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,618 |
| Jan 2026 | 39,912 |
| Feb 2026 | 51,484 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,786 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,107 |
| May 2026 | 29,627 |
| Jun 2026 | 31,003 |
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 8,017 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Melbourne and Shanghai
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