Cheapest€31.41
- China Eastern Airlines CE980406:4049m07:29Shanghai SHANanjing NKG
Door to door 3h 59mCO2 68.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Shanghai to Nanjing flight
Flights from Shanghai to Nanjing start at €36.13 and take 3h 59m at their fastest.
The Flights from Shanghai to Nanjing starts at €36.13 and takes 3h 59m door to door, run by 1 operator over 278 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 59mDoor to door
- 49mMoving
- €36.13From
- 68.4 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 | €31.41 | 3h 56m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Nanjing is not something we sell.
A room in Nanjing for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Shanghai to Nanjing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €41.0490 days
- €31.1460 days
- €25.0945 days
- €24.5430 days
- €34.3621 days
- €46.5414 days
- €67.407 days
- €49.113 days
- €78.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 220 percent. The most expensive point is €78.44, 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.
- €41.04Sun
- €44.89Mon
- €36.13Tue
- €37.74Wed
- €49.70Thu
- €47.09Fri
- €46.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Shanghai
Air
- PVG
- SHA
Nanjing
Air
- NKG
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 278 km against 270 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kunshan, Changshu, Changzhou, Wuxi. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Shanghai at 06:40 and the last at 06:40, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 42m | 1h 58m | 44m | €38.29 | 8.9 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 59m | 49m | 3h 10m | €36.13 | 68.4 kg | 1 |
Questions about Shanghai to Nanjing
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 Nanjing take?
The Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving. The route runs 278 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 Nanjing cost?
The Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing starts at €36.13 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €31.41. 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 Nanjing?
1 operators run the Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing: China Eastern Airlines. Between them they file around 1 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 Nanjing use?
The Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing leaves from Shanghai SHA and arrives at Nanjing NKG. 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.
Is the Flight the best way from Shanghai to Nanjing?
Traveling from Shanghai to Nanjing by Train costs €38.29 and takes 2h 42m door to door, against 3h 59m by Flight. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing?
Fares for the Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €24.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 220 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing produce?
The Flight from Shanghai to Nanjing produces about 68.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 278 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 Nanjing on September 12, 2026: 278 km of route against 270 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €36.13, and 3h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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