Cheapest€72.71
- Korean Air KA804214:151h 39m15:54Shanghai SHABusan PUS
Door to door 4h 49mCO2 209.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Busan flight
Flights from Shanghai to Busan start at €89.23 and take 4h 49m at their fastest.
The Flights from Shanghai to Busan starts at €89.23 and takes 4h 49m door to door, run by 1 operator over 851 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 4h 49mDoor to door
- 1h 39mMoving
- €89.23From
- 209.3 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.
Fastest€85.10
- Korean Air KA455906:281h 39m08:07Shanghai PVGBusan PUS
Door to door 4h 49mCO2 209.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€106.93
- China Eastern Airlines CE250807:301h 21m08:51Shanghai SHAGwangju KWJ
- Korea Railroad KR680910:261h 48m12:14Gwangju StationBusan station
Changes at Gwangju, with 95 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 41mCO2 177.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Korean Air | €72.71 | 4h 40m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
The trip ends at Busan station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Busan
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Shanghai to Busan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €91.5990 days
- €65.6360 days
- €61.5045 days
- €76.2530 days
- €93.9521 days
- €124.0414 days
- €146.467 days
- €157.673 days
- €210.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €61.50.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 242 percent. The most expensive point is €210.18, 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.
- €111.06Sun
- €106.93Mon
- €89.23Tue
- €103.39Wed
- €122.86Thu
- €124.04Fri
- €112.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Busan
Air
- PUS
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 851 km against 826 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 Jeju City, Daegu, Fukuoka, Gwangju. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Shanghai at 06:28 and the last at 14:15, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Shanghai to Busan
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 Shanghai to Busan take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Busan takes 4h 49m door to door, of which 1h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 851 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 Busan cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Busan starts at €89.23 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €94.84. 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 Busan?
1 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Busan: Korean Air. Between them they file around 6 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 Busan use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Busan leaves from Shanghai PVG and arrives at Busan PUS. 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 Busan?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Busan bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €61.50. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 242 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shanghai to Busan produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Busan produces about 209.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 851 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 Shanghai to Busan on September 11, 2026: 851 km of route against 826 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €89.23, and 4h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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