Distance from Kananga to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Kananga, DR Congo and Shanghai, China is 11,206 km (6,963 mi · 6,050 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,206 km · 6,963 mi · 6,050 nmi
- Initial bearing Kananga → Shanghai
- 59° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Kananga
- 270° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 50 min
- Time zones
- Kananga UTC+02:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 444 min — the sun rises later in Kananga
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
- Kananga
- -5.8962, 22.4166
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:40 UTC / 16:33 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:16 UTC / 10:46 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.