Distance from Phoenix to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Phoenix, United States and Shanghai, China is 10,892 km (6,768 mi · 5,881 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,892 km · 6,768 mi · 5,881 nmi
- Initial bearing Phoenix → Shanghai
- 316° (NW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Phoenix
- 43° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 28 min
- Time zones
- Phoenix UTC-07:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 938 min — the sun rises later in Phoenix
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
- Phoenix
- 33.4484, -112.0740
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:54 UTC / 00:32 UTC
- Shanghai
- 31.2222, 121.4581
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:16 UTC / 09:02 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.