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On Cheapflightsplus.com you will find 2 direct and 417 connecting flights from Shanghai to San Francisco. You can compare airfare deals from 41 airlines and multiple travel sites from $431, book and save on cheap plane tickets and last minute offers. Also check out SHA-SFO flight schedule to find best flight time, convenient departure and arrival airports.

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Best Flights from Shanghai to San Francisco Today

Take a look at the list of non stop flights and flights with layovers from Shanghai to San Francisco with the lowest price of $431. The fastest direct flight takes 11h 5m and the fastest connecting – 13h 35m.

Price	Departure	Arrival	Flight Duration	Airline	Flight
from $468 Find flight	13:30 Shanghai Pu Dong	08:35 San Francisco San Francisco	11h 5m	United Airlines	UA858
from $838 Find flight	13:50 Shanghai Pu Dong	09:00 San Francisco San Francisco	11h 10m	China Eastern	MU589
from $431 Find flight	13:50 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 10m layover 2h 15m - Seoul	Spring Airlines	9C8559 YP111
from $434 Find flight	12:20 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	15h 40m layover 3h 35m - Seoul	China Eastern	MU5033 YP111
from $434 Find flight	10:20 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	17h 40m layover 5h 25m - Seoul	China Eastern	MU5061 YP111
from $438 Find flight	14:20 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	13h 40m layover 1h 30m - Seoul	China Eastern	MU8603 YP111
from $458 Find flight	09:05 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	18h 55m layover 7h 0m - Seoul	China Eastern	MU5041 YP111
from $467 Find flight	11:20 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	16h 40m layover 4h 30m - Seoul	Korean Air	KE894 YP111
from $472 Find flight	14:00 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	14h 0m layover 1h 50m - Seoul	Korean Air	KE898 YP111
from $474 Find flight	08:00 Shanghai Hongqiao	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	20h 0m layover 7h 55m - Seoul	China Eastern	MU511 YP111
from $490 Find flight	08:50 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00 San Francisco San Francisco	19h 10m layover 6h 55m - Seoul	Korean Air	KE896 YP111
from $500 Find flight	18:25 Shanghai Hongqiao	12:00+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	33h 35m layover 21h 25m - Seoul	Korean Air	KE2210 YP111
from $519 Find flight	16:25 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	35h 35m layover 23h 35m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ366 YP111
from $521 Find flight	18:15 Shanghai Hongqiao	12:00+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	33h 45m layover 21h 35m - Seoul	Asiana Airlines	OZ3625 YP111
from $446 Find flight	16:30 Shanghai Pu Dong	11:34+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	35h 4m layover 2h 35m - Chengdu 14h 40m - Los Angeles	Sichuan Airlines	3U6982 3U3837 AS2150
from $515 Find flight	21:00 Shanghai Pu Dong	12:00+1 день San Francisco San Francisco	31h 0m layover 8h 40m - Tianjin 8h 10m - Seoul	Tianjin Airlines	GS7874 GS7993 YP111

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

Flight Schedule Shanghai to San Francisco (California)

Full flight schedule will help you in detecting at what time planes fly from Shanghai to San Francisco. 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
13:30 — 08:35	13:30 — 08:35 UA858 United Airlines Shanghai — San Francisco	11h 5m	Find flight from$468
13:50 — 09:00	13:50 — 09:00 MU589 China Eastern Shanghai — San Francisco	11h 10m	Find flight from$838
08:00 — 12:00	08:00 — 11:00 MU511 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 7h 55m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	20h including layover	Find flight from$474
08:50 — 12:00	08:50 — 12:00 KE896 Korean Air Shanghai — Seoul 6h 55m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	19h 10m including layover	Find flight from$490
09:05 — 12:00	09:05 — 11:55 MU5041 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 7h stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	18h 55m including layover	Find flight from$458
10:20 — 12:00	10:20 — 13:30 MU5061 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 5h 25m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	17h 40m including layover	Find flight from$434
11:20 — 12:00	11:20 — 14:25 KE894 Korean Air Shanghai — Seoul 4h 30m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	16h 40m including layover	Find flight from$467
11:35 — 12:00	11:35 — 14:30 OZ362 Asiana Airlines Shanghai — Seoul 4h 25m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	16h 25m including layover	Find flight from$525
12:20 — 12:00	12:20 — 15:20 MU5033 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 3h 35m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	15h 40m including layover	Find flight from$434
13:50 — 12:00	13:50 — 16:40 9C8559 Spring Airlines Shanghai — Seoul 2h 15m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	14h 10m including layover	Find flight from$431
14:00 — 12:00	14:00 — 17:05 KE898 Korean Air Shanghai — Seoul 1h 50m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	14h including layover	Find flight from$472
14:20 — 12:00	14:20 — 17:25 MU8603 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 1h 30m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	13h 40m including layover	Find flight from$438
17:35 — 12:00 +1 day	17:35 — 20:45 MU5051 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 22h 10m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	34h 25m including layover	Find flight from$638
18:15 — 12:00 +1 day	18:15 — 21:20 OZ3625 Asiana Airlines Shanghai — Seoul 21h 35m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	33h 45m including layover	Find flight from$521
18:25 — 12:00 +1 day	18:25 — 21:30 KE2210 Korean Air Shanghai — Seoul 21h 25m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	33h 35m including layover	Find flight from$500
07:10 — 12:00	07:10 — 09:25 LJ820 Jin Air Shanghai — Jeju 2h 25m stop 11:50 — 13:00 7C114 Jeju Air Jeju — Seoul 5h 55m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	20h 50m including layover	Find flight from$527
07:10 — 12:00	07:10 — 09:25 LJ820 Jin Air Shanghai — Jeju 2h 20m stop 11:45 — 12:55 LJ506 Jin Air Jeju — Seoul 6h stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	20h 50m including layover	Find flight from$541
09:05 — 18:50	09:05 — 11:55 MU5041 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 8h 20m stop 20:15 — 22:05 CI163 China Airlines Seoul — Taipei 1h 40m stop 23:45 — 18:50 CI4 China Airlines Taipei — San Francisco	25h 45m including layover	Find flight from$604
10:20 — 18:50	10:20 — 13:30 MU5061 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 6h 45m stop 20:15 — 22:05 CI163 China Airlines Seoul — Taipei 1h 40m stop 23:45 — 18:50 CI4 China Airlines Taipei — San Francisco	24h 30m including layover	Find flight from$604
12:20 — 18:50	12:20 — 15:20 MU5033 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 4h 55m stop 20:15 — 22:05 CI163 China Airlines Seoul — Taipei 1h 40m stop 23:45 — 18:50 CI4 China Airlines Taipei — San Francisco	22h 30m including layover	Find flight from$595
16:30 — 11:34 +1 day	16:30 — 19:55 3U6982 Sichuan Airlines Shanghai — Chengdu 2h 35m stop 22:30 — 19:30 3U3837 Sichuan Airlines Chengdu — Los Angeles 14h 40m stop 10:10 — 11:34 AS2150 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	35h 4m including layover	Find flight from$446
16:30 — 14:00 +1 day	16:30 — 19:55 3U6982 Sichuan Airlines Shanghai — Chengdu 2h 35m stop 22:30 — 19:30 3U3837 Sichuan Airlines Chengdu — Los Angeles 17h 1m stop 12:31 — 14:00 AS3424 Alaska Airlines Los Angeles — San Francisco	37h 30m including layover	Find flight from$446
17:35 — 18:50 +1 day	17:35 — 20:45 MU5051 China Eastern Shanghai — Seoul 15h 40m stop 12:25 — 14:15 CI161 China Airlines Seoul — Taipei 9h 30m stop 23:45 — 18:50 CI4 China Airlines Taipei — San Francisco	41h 15m including layover	Find flight from$631
20:00 — 12:00 +1 day	20:00 — 22:15 MU5125 China Eastern Shanghai — Beijing 3h 15m stop 01:30 — 04:40 KE854 Korean Air Beijing — Seoul 14h 15m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	32h including layover	Find flight from$569
21:00 — 12:00 +1 day	21:00 — 23:15 GS7874 Tianjin Airlines Shanghai — Tianjin 8h 40m stop 07:55 — 10:45 GS7993 Tianjin Airlines Tianjin — Seoul 8h 10m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	31h including layover	Find flight from$515
21:30 — 12:00 +2 days	21:30 — 23:50 MU5165 China Eastern Shanghai — Beijing 19h 5m stop 18:55 — 22:05 KE860 Korean Air Beijing — Seoul 20h 50m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	54h 30m including layover	Find flight from$551
22:30 — 12:00 +2 days	22:30 — 00:10 MU5521 China Eastern Shanghai — Qingdao 20h 20m stop 20:30 — 22:50 SC4621 Shandong Airlines Qingdao — Seoul 20h 5m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	53h 30m including layover	Find flight from$554
22:30 — 12:00 +1 day	22:30 — 00:10 MU5521 China Eastern Shanghai — Qingdao 9h 20m stop 09:30 — 12:10 TW608 T'way Airlines Qingdao — Seoul 6h 45m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	29h 30m including layover	Find flight from$590
23:25 — 12:00 +2 days	23:25 — 01:15 MU5541 China Eastern Shanghai — Jinan 17h 15m stop 18:30 — 21:05 SC8003 Shandong Airlines Jinan — Seoul 21h 50m stop 18:55 — 12:00 YP111 YP Seoul — San Francisco	52h 35m including layover	Find flight from$594

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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 Shanghai to San Francisco depends on and how to choose the most interesting flight option for you.

Distance between Shanghai and San Francisco is 9905 miles. Time difference between the cities is 4h. Airplanes depart 00:10 to 23:45 from 2 Shanghai airports and arrive 00:10 to 23:45 to 3 San Francisco airports. Average flight time is 11h 8m.

The fastest flight 11h 5m
Average flight time 11h 8m
The earliest flight 00:10
The latest flight 23:45
Distance 6155 ml

The cheapest months to travel to San Francisco are december (from 390 $), november (from 392 $), february (from 431 $).

The most expensive months are january (from 443 $), february (from 431 $), november (from 392 $).

What is the lowest airfare Shanghai to San Francisco?

The cheapest plane ticket found by our users is $431. This airfare is for economy class on one-way 9C8559 flight by Spring Airlines for February 21, 2025 which leaves Pu Dong in Shanghai at 13:50 am and arrives at San Francisco San Francisco at 12:00.

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Popular Airlines on the Route

The flight Shanghai — San Francisco is served by 41 regular airline and 7 low-cost airlines. Most of the flights on this route are operated by Shanghai Airlines - 9 departures per week at the price of from $ 676 . And the most expensive tickets are offered by All Nippon Airways airline - from $ 7743.

Direct flights

There are 2 nonstop flights on the route. The fastest direct flight is UA858 by United Airlines takes 11h 5m and the cheapest is 9C8559 by Spring Airlines for $468.

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Connecting Flights

There are 417 flights with layovers on the route. The fastest connecting flight is OZ366 by Asiana Airlines takes 13h 35m and the cheapest is 9C8559 by Spring Airlines for $431.

FM - Shanghai Airlines

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KE - Korean Air

from $467

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CA - Air China Limited

from $589

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MU - China Eastern

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CX - Cathay Pacific

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CZ - China Southern Airlines

from $651

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NH - All Nippon Airways

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3U - Sichuan Airlines

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PR - Philippine Airlines

from $626

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JL - Japan Airlines - JAL

from $874

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VZ - My Travel Airways Limited

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HO - Juneyao Airlines

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Airports

You can fly from Shanghai to San Francisco from 2 airports (Pu Dong, Hongqiao).

Shanghai airports

Pu Dong-PVG

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Hongqiao-SHA

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San Francisco airports

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Embarkadero-EMB

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Airplanes

There are flights to San Francisco from Shanghai by 41 airlines that use 4 aircraft brands. They range from huge modern airplanes to small-sized.

Boeing 787-9

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Airbus A321

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Boeing 777-300ER

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Airbus A330-300

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Top International Destinations from Shanghai

Our state-of-the art metasearch will definitely provide you with the best airfare on international flights. We’re proud to partner with many reliable travel suppliers located outside the US what gives us an opportunity to offer the most competitive prices on far destinations.

Shanghai — New York

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Shanghai — San Francisco

from $62

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Shanghai — Los Angeles

from $71

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Shanghai — San Jose

from $69

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Shanghai — Seattle

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Shanghai — Chicago

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Shanghai — Dallas

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Shanghai — San Jose

from $54

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Shanghai — Denver

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Shanghai — Boston

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