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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 3 direct and 998 connecting flights from San Francisco to Shanghai. You can compare airfare deals from 25 airlines and multiple travel sites from $433, 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 $433. The fastest direct flight takes 12h 50m and the fastest connecting – 15h 55m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $753 Find flight	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	17:00+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	14h 0m	China Eastern	MU590
from $871 Find flight	13:55 San Francisco San Francisco	17:45+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	12h 50m	United Airlines	UA857
from $8408 Find flight	13:15 San Francisco San Francisco	17:45+1 день Shanghai Pu Dong	13h 30m	Air China Limited	CA7210
from $433 Find flight	22:50 San Francisco San Francisco	12:40+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	22h 50m layover 3h 0m - Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam Airlines	VN99 VN524
from $455 Find flight	00:35 San Francisco San Francisco	10:20+1 день Shanghai Hongqiao	18h 45m layover 1h 45m - Guangzhou	China Southern Airlines	CZ658 CZ3523
from $459 Find flight	15:30 San Francisco San Francisco	09:30+2 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	27h 0m layover 2h 25m - Seoul 8h 5m - Dalian	YP	YP112 CZ676 CZ6521
from $461 Find flight	17:20 San Francisco San Francisco	00:05+3 дня Shanghai Pu Dong	39h 45m layover 16h 50m - Tokyo 3h 10m - Manila	Grozny Avia	ZG25 5J5055 5J678

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Prices indicated for one-way flights. Information updated on September 10, 2025

Flight Schedule San Francisco (California) to Shanghai

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from San Francisco to Shanghai. You can also specify the concrete flights and airlines on the route and how long the flight actually is. Use the calendar for today, tomorrow or other specific date as some flights are available only on certain days of the week.

Departure	Flight Details	Flight Duration	Price
00:35 — 10:20 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 1h 45m stop 08:00 — 10:20 CZ3523 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	18h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 11:20 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 2h 45m stop 09:00 — 11:20 CZ3529 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	19h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 12:20 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 3h 45m stop 10:00 — 12:20 CZ3531 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	20h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 13:20 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 4h 45m stop 11:00 — 13:20 CZ3537 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	21h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 14:20 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 5h 45m stop 12:00 — 14:20 CZ3539 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	22h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 15:25 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 6h 45m stop 13:00 — 15:25 CZ3525 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	23h 50m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 16:30 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 7h 40m stop 13:55 — 16:30 CZ3487 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	24h 55m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 17:25 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 8h 45m stop 15:00 — 17:25 CZ3571 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	25h 50m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 22:20 +1 day	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 13h 45m stop 20:00 — 22:20 CZ3595 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	30h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
00:35 — 00:20 +2 days	00:35 — 06:15 CZ658 China Southern Airlines San Francisco — Guangzhou 15h 45m stop 22:00 — 00:20 CZ3586 China Southern Airlines Guangzhou — Shanghai	32h 45m including layover	Find flight from$455
12:00 — 17:00 +1 day	12:00 — 17:00 MU590 China Eastern San Francisco — Shanghai	14h	Find flight from$753
13:15 — 17:45 +1 day	13:15 — 17:45 CA7210 Air China Limited San Francisco — Shanghai	13h 30m	Find flight from$8408
13:55 — 17:45 +1 day	13:55 — 17:45 UA857 United Airlines San Francisco — Shanghai	12h 50m	Find flight from$871
15:30 — 09:30 +2 days	15:30 — 20:30 YP112 YP San Francisco — Seoul 2h 25m stop 22:55 — 23:15 CZ676 China Southern Airlines Seoul — Dalian 8h 5m stop 07:20 — 09:30 CZ6521 China Southern Airlines Dalian — Shanghai	27h including layover	Find flight from$459
22:50 — 12:40 +2 days	22:50 — 04:30 VN99 Vietnam Airlines San Francisco — Ho Chi Minh City 3h stop 07:30 — 12:40 VN524 Vietnam Airlines Ho Chi Minh City — Shanghai	22h 50m including layover	Find flight from$433

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*Departure and arrival times - local. Updated on September 10, 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 00:05 to 23:55 from 3 San Francisco airports and arrive 00:05 to 23:55 to 2 Shanghai airports. Average flight time is 13h 30m.

The fastest flight 12h 50m
Average flight time 13h 30m
The earliest flight 00:05
The latest flight 23:55
Distance 6155 ml

Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight San Francisco — Shanghai is served by 25 regular airlines and 5 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Japan Airlines - JAL - 6 departures per week at the price of from $ 711 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by Air Canada airline - from $ 11094.

Direct flights

There are 3 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA857 by United Airlines takes 12h 50m.

MU - China Eastern

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UA - United Airlines

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CA - Air China Limited

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Connecting Flights

There are 998 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is AC8841 by Air Canada takes 15h 55m.

AC - Air Canada

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PR - Philippine Airlines

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JL - Japan Airlines - JAL

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VY - Vueling

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CI - China Airlines

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OZ - Asiana Airlines

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UA - United Airlines

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ZG - Grozny Avia

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JX - Jambojet

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BR - EVA Airways Corporation

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F8 - Freedom Airlines

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AS - Alaska Airlines

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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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China Basin Heliport-JCC

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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 25 airlines that use 1 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Embraer 175 (winglets)

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