Distance from Queens to Shanghai
The great-circle distance between Queens, United States and Shanghai, China is 11,866 km (7,373 mi · 6,407 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,866 km · 7,373 mi · 6,407 nmi
- Initial bearing Queens → Shanghai
- 346° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Shanghai → Queens
- 12° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Queens UTC-05:00 · Shanghai UTC+08:00 (+13 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 799 min — the sun rises later in Queens
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
- Queens
- 40.6815, -73.8365
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:35 UTC / 21:45 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.