Cheap Flights from San Francisco, CA to Shanghai from $447

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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 1 direct and 425 connecting flights from San Francisco to Shanghai. You can compare airfare deals from 28 airlines and multiple travel sites from $447, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SFO-SHA flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from San Francisco to Shanghai Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from San Francisco to Shanghai with the lowest price of $447. The fastest direct flight takes 13h 55m and the fastest connecting – 16h 45m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $747 Find flight	12:50 San Francisco San Francisco	18:45+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	13h 55m	United Airlines	UA857
from $447 Find flight	18:51 San Francisco San Francisco	16:00+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	29h 9m layover 13h 57m - Vancouver	Air Canada	AC5109 AC25
from $457 Find flight	14:30 San Francisco San Francisco	10:05+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	27h 35m layover 12h 35m - Seoul	YP	YP112 OZ361
from $537 Find flight	23:30 San Francisco San Francisco	10:05+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	18h 35m layover 3h 35m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ211 OZ361
from $537 Find flight	12:10 San Francisco San Francisco	10:05+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	29h 55m layover 15h 10m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ215 OZ361
from $537 Find flight	12:10 San Francisco San Francisco	11:55+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	31h 45m layover 16h 55m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ215 OZ363
from $552 Find flight	12:10 San Francisco San Francisco	21:05+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	16h 55m layover 2h 5m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ215 OZ367
from $552 Find flight	12:10 San Francisco San Francisco	15:10+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	35h 0m layover 20h 15m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ215 OZ365
from $556 Find flight	12:10 San Francisco San Francisco	17:15+2 дня Shanghai Hongqiao	37h 5m layover 22h 5m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ215 OZ3615
from $576 Find flight	12:10 San Francisco San Francisco	22:25+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	18h 15m layover 3h 10m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ215 CZ370
from $576 Find flight	11:40 San Francisco San Francisco	22:25+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	18h 45m layover 3h 25m - Seoul	Korean Air	KE24 CZ370
from $584 Find flight	15:40 San Francisco San Francisco	05:00+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	21h 20m layover 6h 15m - Tokyo	Grozny Avia	ZG25 MM877
from $489 Find flight	14:30 San Francisco San Francisco	09:10+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	26h 40m layover 2h 10m - Seoul 8h 0m - Dalian	YP	YP112 CZ676 CZ6521
from $562 Find flight	16:39 San Francisco San Francisco	09:15+3 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	48h 36m layover 15h 47m - Seattle 15h 5m - Beijing	Alaska Airlines	AS1078 HU496 MU5100
from $574 Find flight	18:50 San Francisco San Francisco	09:15+3 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	46h 25m layover 13h 40m - Seattle 15h 5m - Beijing	Alaska Airlines	AS157 HU496 MU5100
from $581 Find flight	19:00 San Francisco San Francisco	00:20+3 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	37h 20m layover 16h 51m - Los Angeles 3h 35m - Osaka	Frontier Airlines	F94594 JL69 MM79

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on January 15, 2025

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Shanghai

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Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
12:50 — 18:45 +1 day	12:50 — 18:45 UA857 United Airlines San Francisco — Shanghai	13h 55m	Find flight from$747
11:40 — 22:25 +1 day	11:40 — 17:40 KE24 Korean Air San Francisco — Seoul 3h 25m stop 21:05 — 22:25 CZ370 China Southern Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	18h 45m including layover	Find flight from$576
11:40 — 21:05 +1 day	11:40 — 17:40 KE24 Korean Air San Francisco — Seoul 2h 20m stop 20:00 — 21:05 OZ367 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	17h 25m including layover	Find flight from$597
12:10 — 10:05 +2 days	12:10 — 17:55 OZ215 Asiana Airlines San Francisco — Seoul 15h 10m stop 09:05 — 10:05 OZ361 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	29h 55m including layover	Find flight from$537
12:10 — 11:55 +2 days	12:10 — 17:55 OZ215 Asiana Airlines San Francisco — Seoul 16h 55m stop 10:50 — 11:55 OZ363 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	31h 45m including layover	Find flight from$537
14:30 — 10:05 +2 days	14:30 — 20:30 YP112 YP San Francisco — Seoul 12h 35m stop 09:05 — 10:05 OZ361 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	27h 35m including layover	Find flight from$457
14:30 — 11:55 +2 days	14:30 — 20:30 YP112 YP San Francisco — Seoul 14h 20m stop 10:50 — 11:55 OZ363 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	29h 25m including layover	Find flight from$457
15:40 — 05:00 +2 days	15:30 — 19:55 ZG25 Grozny Avia San Francisco — Tokyo 6h 15m stop 02:10 — 05:00 MM877 Peach Aviation Tokyo — Shanghai	21h 20m including layover	Find flight from$584
15:40 — 01:10 +2 days	15:30 — 19:55 ZG25 Grozny Avia San Francisco — Tokyo 2h 25m stop 22:20 — 01:10 IJ1 Spring Airlines Japan Tokyo — Shanghai	17h 30m including layover	Find flight from$585
18:51 — 16:00 +2 days	16:04 — 18:21 AC5109 Air Canada San Francisco — Vancouver 13h 57m stop 11:50 — 16:00 AC25 Air Canada Vancouver — Shanghai	29h 9m including layover	Find flight from$447
23:30 — 10:05 +2 days	23:30 — 05:30 OZ211 Asiana Airlines San Francisco — Seoul 3h 35m stop 09:05 — 10:05 OZ361 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	18h 35m including layover	Find flight from$537
23:30 — 11:55 +2 days	23:30 — 05:30 OZ211 Asiana Airlines San Francisco — Seoul 5h 20m stop 10:50 — 11:55 OZ363 Asiana Airlines Seoul — Shanghai	20h 25m including layover	Find flight from$537
07:00 — 19:50 +1 day	07:00 — 09:15 KE6096 Korean Air San Francisco — Seattle 1h 45m stop 11:00 — 15:55 KE42 Korean Air Seattle — Seoul 2h 30m stop 18:25 — 19:50 MU8604 China Eastern Seoul — Shanghai	20h 50m including layover	Find flight from$605
07:45 — 00:20 +2 days	07:45 — 11:30 HA11 Hawaiian Airlines San Francisco — Honolulu 1h 40m stop 13:10 — 18:45 HA449 Hawaiian Airlines Honolulu — Osaka 3h 40m stop 22:25 — 00:20 MM79 Peach Aviation Osaka — Shanghai	24h 35m including layover	Find flight from$597
16:39 — 09:15 +3 days	16:39 — 18:53 AS1078 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 15h 47m stop 10:40 — 15:55 HU496 Hainan Airlines Seattle — Beijing 15h 5m stop 07:00 — 09:15 MU5100 China Eastern Beijing — Shanghai	48h 36m including layover	Find flight from$562
16:39 — 21:55 +2 days	16:39 — 18:53 AS1078 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 15h 47m stop 10:40 — 15:55 HU496 Hainan Airlines Seattle — Beijing 3h 35m stop 19:30 — 21:55 MU5164 China Eastern Beijing — Shanghai	37h 16m including layover	Find flight from$577
18:50 — 09:15 +3 days	18:50 — 21:00 AS157 Alaska Airlines San Francisco — Seattle 13h 40m stop 10:40 — 15:55 HU496 Hainan Airlines Seattle — Beijing 15h 5m stop 07:00 — 09:15 MU5100 China Eastern Beijing — Shanghai	46h 25m including layover	Find flight from$574
19:00 — 00:20 +3 days	19:00 — 20:29 F94594 Frontier Airlines San Francisco — Los Angeles 16h 51m stop 13:20 — 18:50 JL69 Japan Airlines - JAL Los Angeles — Osaka 3h 35m stop 22:25 — 00:20 MM79 Peach Aviation Osaka — Shanghai	37h 20m including layover	Find flight from$581

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on January 15, 2025

Flight Information

Below we will explain in detail what the flights cost on the destination from San Francisco to Shanghai depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between San Francisco and Shanghai is 9905 miles. Time difference between the cities is 4h. Airplanes depart 00:20 to 23:50 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:20 to 23:50 to 2 Shanghai airports. Average flight time is 13h 55m.

The fastest flight 13h 55m
Average flight time 13h 55m
The earliest flight 00:20
The latest flight 23:50
Distance 6155 ml

The cheapest months to travel to Shanghai are november (from 408 $), january (from 447 $), february (from 457 $).

The most expensive months are december (from 494 $), february (from 457 $), january (from 447 $).

What is the lowest airfare San Francisco to Shanghai?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $447. This airfare is for economy class on one-way AC5109 flight by Air Canada for January 20, 2025 which leaves San Francisco in San Francisco at 18:51 am and arrives at Shanghai Pu Dong at 16:00.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Shanghai is served by 28 regular airlines and 2 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by United Airlines - 13 departures per week at the price of from $ 745 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by All Nippon Airways airline - from $ 8460.

Direct flights

There are 1 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA857 by United Airlines takes 13h 55m and the cheapest is AC5109 by Air Canada for $747.

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Connecting Flights

There are 425 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is KE24 by Korean Air takes 16h 45m and the cheapest is AC5109 by Air Canada for $447.

UA - United Airlines

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KE - Korean Air

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CA - Air China Limited

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MU - China Eastern

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CX - Cathay Pacific

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CZ - China Southern Airlines

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NH - All Nippon Airways

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JL - Japan Airlines - JAL

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PR - Philippine Airlines

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NZ - Air New Zealand Limited

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JX - Jambojet

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BR - EVA Airways Corporation

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Airports

You can fly from San Francisco to Shanghai from 3 airports (San Francisco, Embarkadero, China Basin Heliport).

San Francisco airports

San Francisco-SFO

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Embarkadero-EMB

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Shanghai airports

Pu Dong-PVG

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Hongqiao-SHA

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Airplanes

There are flights to Shanghai from San Francisco by 28 airlines that use 2 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

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Boeing 777-300ER

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