Cheapest€110.47
- China Eastern Airlines CE270606:402h 12m08:52Shanghai SHADatong DAT
Door to door 5h 22mCO2 311.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Datong flight
Flights from Shanghai to Datong start at €135.84 and take 5h 15m at their fastest.
The Flights from Shanghai to Datong starts at €135.84 and takes 5h 15m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,268 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 15mDoor to door
- 2h 5mMoving
- €135.84From
- 311.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€125.81
- Juneyao Airlines JA765714:082h 5m16:13Shanghai SHADatong DAT
Door to door 5h 15mCO2 311.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
| Juneyao Airlines | €111.65 | 5h 10m |
| China Eastern Airlines | €110.47 | 5h 11m |
The flight gets you into Datong. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Datong
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 Datong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €105.1690 days
- €103.3960 days
- €124.0445 days
- €111.0630 days
- €111.6521 days
- €144.9914 days
- €186.247 days
- €292.393 days
- €323.461 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €103.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 213 percent. The most expensive point is €323.46, 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.
- €150.00Sun
- €135.84Mon
- €137.02Tue
- €144.99Wed
- €170.65Thu
- €166.52Fri
- €161.80Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Datong
Air
- DAT
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,268 km against 1,231 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 Changzhi, Beijing, Taiyuan, Nanjing. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 06:21 and the last at 14:53, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Shanghai to Datong
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 Datong take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Datong takes 5h 15m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 1,268 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 Datong cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Datong starts at €135.84 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €121.68. 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 Datong?
2 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Datong: Juneyao Airlines, China Eastern Airlines. Between them they file around 7 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 Datong use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Datong leaves from Shanghai SHA and arrives at Datong DAT. 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 Datong?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Datong bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €103.39. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 213 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shanghai to Datong produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Datong produces about 311.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1268 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 Datong on September 9, 2026: 1268 km of route against 1231 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €135.84, and 5h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.