Cheapest€752.98
- Suparna Airlines SA966809:0814h 34m23:42Shanghai SHALos Angeles LAX
Door to door 17h 44mCO2 1590.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Los Angeles flight
Flights from Shanghai to Los Angeles start at €896.35 and take 17h 3m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Shanghai to Los Angeles on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Flights from Shanghai to Los Angeles starts at €896.35 and takes 17h 3m door to door, run by 5 operators over 10,749 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 17h 3mDoor to door
- 13h 53mMoving
- €896.35 to €2,024.43From
- 06:15 to 20:06First and last departure
- 30Per day
- 1590.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€896.35 to €2,024.43 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €2,024.43Thu17
- about €1,867.49Fri18
- about €1,596.68Sat19
- about €1,521.16Sun20
- about €1,246.81Mon21
- about €1,237.96Tue22
- about €1,044.44Wed23
- about €1,381.33Thu24
- about €1,219.08Fri25
- about €1,257.43Sat26
- about €1,157.72Sun27
- about €1,010.81Mon28
- about €976.59Tue29
- about €896.35Wed30
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026
Fastest€799.00
- Suparna Airlines SA685619:5113h 53m09:44Shanghai PVGLos Angeles LAX
Door to door 17h 3mCO2 1590.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Air China | €800.18 | 17h 2m |
| China Southern Airlines | €770.09 | 17h 8m |
| China Eastern Airlines | €778.35 | 17h 3m |
| Suparna Airlines | €752.98 | 17h 3m |
 American Airlines | €833.81 | 17h 4m |
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When to book Shanghai to Los Angeles
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €779.5390 days
- €740.0060 days
- €847.3845 days
- €816.7030 days
- €812.5721 days
- €896.3514 days
- €1,044.447 days
- €1,596.683 days
- €2,024.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €740.00.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 174 percent. The dearest point is €2,024.43, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €1,157.72Sun
- €1,010.81Mon
- €976.59Tue
- €896.35Wed
- €1,381.33Thu
- €1,219.08Fri
- €1,257.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Los Angeles
Air
- LAX
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 10,749 km against 10,436 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Shanghai at 06:15 and the last at 20:06, across 30 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Shanghai to Los Angeles
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles takes 17h 3m door to door, of which 13h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 10,749 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles starts at €896.35 for one passenger, as of 16 September 2026. A typical fare is €900.78. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles?
5 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles: Air China, China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Suparna Airlines, American Airlines. Between them they file around 30 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles leaves from Shanghai PVG and arrives at Los Angeles LAX. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €740.00. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on 16 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Los Angeles produces about 1590.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 10749 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Shanghai to Los Angeles on 16 September 2026: 10749 km of route against 10436 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €896.35, and 17h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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