Yantai to Shanghai flight

Flights from Yantai to Shanghai start at €75.07 and take 4h 29m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Yantai to Shanghai starts at €75.07 and takes 4h 29m door to door, run by 3 operators over 716 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 4h 29mDoor to door
  • 1h 19mMoving
  • €75.07From
  • 176.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€63.86
  1. Shandong Airlines SA451712:031h 19m13:22Yantai YNTShanghai SHA

Door to door 4h 29mCO2 176.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€66.22
  1. China Eastern Airlines CE898809:001h 19m10:19Yantai YNTShanghai SHA

Door to door 4h 29mCO2 176.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Shanghai Airlines€66.81
China Eastern Airlines€66.22
Shandong Airlines€63.86

Shanghai sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Shanghai

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Yantai to Shanghai

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €80.3890 days
  2. €52.0660 days
  3. €53.8345 days
  4. €53.2430 days
  5. €73.8921 days
  6. €92.7714 days
  7. €114.607 days
  8. €108.113 days
  9. €154.721 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.06.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 197 percent. The most expensive point is €154.72, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €86.87Sun
  2. €79.20Mon
  3. €75.07Tue
  4. €79.79Wed
  5. €96.31Thu
  6. €100.44Fri
  7. €92.77Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Yantai

Air
  • YNT

Shanghai

Air
  • PVG
  • SHA
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 716 km against 695 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Yantai at 06:14 and the last at 19:56, across 18 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Flights against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 29m1h 19m3h 10m€75.07176.1 kg18
Train5h 39m4h 55m44m€91.0922.9 kg8

Questions about Yantai 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 Yantai to Shanghai take?

The Flight from Yantai to Shanghai takes 4h 29m door to door, of which 1h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 716 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 Yantai to Shanghai cost?

The Flight from Yantai to Shanghai starts at €75.07 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €76.25. 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 Yantai to Shanghai?

3 operators run the Flight from Yantai to Shanghai: Shanghai Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Shandong Airlines. Between them they file around 18 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 Yantai to Shanghai use?

The Flight from Yantai to Shanghai leaves from Yantai YNT 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.

Is the Flight the best way from Yantai to Shanghai?

The Flight is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Yantai to Shanghai, at €75.07 and 4h 29m door to door, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.

When should I book the Flight from Yantai to Shanghai?

Fares for the Flight from Yantai to Shanghai bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €52.06. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Yantai to Shanghai produce?

The Flight from Yantai to Shanghai produces about 176.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 716 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 Yantai to Shanghai on September 12, 2026: 716 km of route against 695 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €75.07, and 4h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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