Route · PVG → CGQ
Flights from Shanghai to Changchun
Spanning roughly 1,449 kilometres between Shanghai Pudong and Changchun Longjia, this northeast-China trunk route clocks in at around two hours and ten minutes block time, making it a practical alternative to the slower high-speed rail journey. China Southern and Shanghai Airlines carry the bulk of traffic, typically operating narrowbody Airbus A320-family jets, while Juneyao Airlines adds competitive capacity on the same aircraft type; KLM's appearance in tracked data likely reflects codeshare ticketing rather than standalone service. A useful practical note: Changchun Longjia Airport sits about 30 kilometres from the city centre, and the airport rail link connects to the urban metro, so factor an extra 45–60 minutes into your ground transfer. Fare-wise, shoulder periods in spring and late autumn tend to offer the most room to negotiate prices downward, while peak demand around the Lunar New Year and summer holidays drives yields noticeably higher mid-week departures often undercut weekend flights.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Shanghai (PVG) → Changchun (CGQ). Use the year view… to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
4 carriersThe 4 carriers we currently track on the Shanghai–Changchun 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 Shanghai to Changchun
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Changchun — 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 PVG and… CGQ, 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.