Distance from Incheon to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Incheon, South Korea and Shanghai, China is 844 km (524 mi · 456 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 844 km · 524 mi · 456 nmi
- Initial bearing Incheon → Shanghai
- 216° (SW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Incheon
- 33° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 1 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Incheon UTC+09:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 21 min — the sun rises earlier in Incheon
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Incheon
- 37.4565, 126.7052
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:22 UTC / 09:31 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:43 UTC / 09:52 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.