There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Los Angeles by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PVG - LAX
15h 36m$495–1,022Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ontario International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane PVG - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
20h 21m$348–873Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane SHA - LAX
18h 54m$508–1,114Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PVG - BUR
18h 25m$394–1,019Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane PVG - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
21h 57m$410–1,049Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane PVG - SBA
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Los Angeles Airport, CAbus
21h 40m$355–807Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane PVG - SNA
21h 38m$410–1,029
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Los Angeles is to fly and bus which costs $350 - $850 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Los Angeles is to fly which takes 15h 36m and costs $490 - $1,100.
The distance between Shanghai and Los Angeles is 6548 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 36m to get from Shanghai to Los Angeles, including transfers.
Los Angeles is 15h behind Shanghai. It is currently 1:44 PM in Shanghai and 10:44 PM in Los Angeles.
There are 3155+ hotels available in Los Angeles.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Los Angeles, CA, USA?
China Eastern Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ontario International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ontario International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 58m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–950
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–2,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- [email protected]
- Website
- centralcoastshuttle.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Airport to Los Angeles Airport, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://www.centralcoastshuttle.com
- one way non-prepaid
- $75–85
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $70–80
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