Cheapest€215.49
- China Eastern Airlines CE460906:404h 14m10:54Shanghai PVGDunhuang DNH
Door to door 7h 24mCO2 659.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Dunhuang flight
Flights from Shanghai to Dunhuang start at €255.61 and take 7h 24m at their fastest.
The Flights from Shanghai to Dunhuang starts at €255.61 and takes 7h 24m door to door, run by 1 operator over 2,680 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 24mDoor to door
- 4h 14mMoving
- €255.61From
- 659.3 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Eastern Airlines | €215.49 | 6h 58m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Dunhuang is not something we sell.
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When to book Shanghai to Dunhuang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €284.5290 days
- €253.8460 days
- €196.0245 days
- €173.0130 days
- €292.7821 days
- €286.2914 days
- €328.187 days
- €417.273 days
- €471.551 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €173.01.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €471.55, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €292.78Sun
- €316.97Mon
- €255.61Tue
- €282.75Wed
- €361.81Thu
- €330.54Fri
- €376.56Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Dunhuang
Air
- DNH
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 2,680 km against 2,602 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 Lanzhou, Xi’an, Jiayuguan, Beijing. 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 06:40 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Shanghai to Dunhuang
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 Dunhuang take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang takes 7h 24m door to door, of which 4h 14m is spent moving. The route runs 2,680 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 Dunhuang cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang starts at €255.61 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €259.15. 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 Dunhuang?
1 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang: China Eastern Airlines. Between them they file around 5 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 Dunhuang use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang leaves from Shanghai PVG and arrives at Dunhuang DNH. 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 Dunhuang?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €173.01. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 173 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Dunhuang produces about 659.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2680 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 Dunhuang on September 13, 2026: 2680 km of route against 2602 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €255.61, and 7h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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