Fastest€142.92
- Shanghai Airlines SA433106:252h 29m08:54Baotou BAVShanghai SHA
Door to door 5h 39mCO2 374.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Baotou to Shanghai flight
Flights from Baotou to Shanghai start at €163.57 and take 5h 39m at their fastest.
The Flights from Baotou to Shanghai starts at €163.57 and takes 5h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,523 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 5h 39mDoor to door
- 2h 29mMoving
- €163.57From
- 374.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Lowest CO2€178.32
- China Eastern Airlines CE519107:302h 5m09:35Baotou BAVNanjing NKG
- China Railway CR769011:091h 59m13:08Nanjing railway stationShanghai railway station
Changes at Nanjing, with 94 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 35mCO2 324.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Airlines | €142.92 | 5h 30m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Where to stay in Shanghai
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When to book Baotou to Shanghai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €173.5990 days
- €115.1960 days
- €96.0445 days
- €104.8430 days
- €160.0321 days
- €161.4914 days
- €217.857 days
- €198.973 days
- €283.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €96.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €283.04, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €179.09Sun
- €167.11Mon
- €163.57Tue
- €166.44Wed
- €204.39Thu
- €191.30Fri
- €161.49Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Baotou
Air
- BAV
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,523 km against 1,478 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Nanjing, Ordos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Baotou at 06:25 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Baotou to Shanghai
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Baotou to Shanghai take?
The Flight from Baotou to Shanghai takes 5h 39m door to door, of which 2h 29m is spent moving. The route runs 1,523 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 Baotou to Shanghai cost?
The Flight from Baotou to Shanghai starts at €163.57 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €152.66. 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 Baotou to Shanghai?
1 operators run the Flight from Baotou to Shanghai: Shanghai Airlines. Between them they file around 4 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 Baotou to Shanghai use?
The Flight from Baotou to Shanghai leaves from Baotou BAV and arrives at Shanghai SHA. 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 Baotou to Shanghai?
Fares for the Flight from Baotou to Shanghai bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €96.04. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Baotou to Shanghai produce?
The Flight from Baotou to Shanghai produces about 374.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1523 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Baotou to Shanghai on September 12, 2026: 1523 km of route against 1478 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €163.57, and 5h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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