Shanghai (PVG) – Sydney (SYD)
- Distance
- 7,837 km
- 4,870 mi · 4,231 nm
- Flight time
- 10 h 5 min
- Estimate from distance
- Time difference
- 3 h / 2 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 921 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (545 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 443,291
- Jul 2025 – Jun 2026 · +13.2%
- 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. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from PVG
- 154°
- Heading from SYD
- 333°
- Halfway point
- -1.45, 136.26
- Great-circle km
- 7,865 km (sphere, for EU261)
- Clocks
- 3 h in January, 2 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 10 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Jul 2025 | 35,528 |
| Aug 2025 | 32,465 |
| Sep 2025 | 30,260 |
| Oct 2025 | 33,106 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,858 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,617 |
| Jan 2026 | 42,292 |
| Feb 2026 | 53,162 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,858 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,218 |
| May 2026 | 33,728 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,199 |
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 7,865 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 Shanghai and Sydney
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Shanghai airports