Route · HAK → PVG
Flights from Haikou to Shanghai
Linking Hainan Island's provincial capital to Shanghai Pudong across roughly 1,685 kilometres, this trunk domestic route typically clocks in at just under two and a half hours block time, making it comfortably manageable as a same-day connection. China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, and Juneyao Airlines all hold meaningful frequency here, operating narrowbody Airbus A320-family jets on most rotations, with the occasional A321neo appearing on peak departures. Travellers arriving at Pudong should note the airport's distance from central Shanghai — budget at least 45 minutes to an hour for the Maglev-to-metro combination or a solid hour-plus by road during rush hour — so factoring that transfer time into onward plans is genuinely important. On the fare side, seats tend to soften noticeably outside China's golden-week holidays and summer peak, with shoulder months like March and November often offering the most room to manoeuvre; midweek departures generally yield better availability than weekend flights when Hainan tourism demand surges.
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Cheapest dates to fly
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Airlines on this route
3 carriersThe 3 carriers we currently track on the Haikou–Shanghai route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile, baggage… rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Haikou to Shanghai
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Haikou to Shanghai — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times your… booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at HAK and… PVG, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.