Route · PVG → NRT
Flights from Shanghai to Tokyo
The 1,796-kilometre hop between Shanghai Pudong and Tokyo Narita sits near the top of Asia's busiest short-haul corridors, covering the distance in a typical block time of around two and a half hours. Air China, All Nippon Airways, and Delta Air Lines all operate the pairing, with narrowbodies such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family handling most departures alongside the occasional widebody on higher-demand rotations. One practical note worth flagging: inbound passengers arriving at Narita should budget generously for onward travel into central Tokyo, as the N'EX express runs roughly 80 minutes to Shinjuku — easy to underestimate after a short flight. On the fare side, shoulder seasons in spring and autumn tend to soften economy pricing, while premium-cabin redemptions on ANA's metal are often easier to secure midweek than on the heavily booked Friday and Sunday departures favoured by business travellers.
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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) → Tokyo (NRT). 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
3 carriersThe 3 carriers we currently track on the Shanghai–Tokyo 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 Tokyo
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Shanghai to Tokyo — 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… NRT, 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.