Cheap flights from New York to Shanghai from £424

The month of March is, on average, the cheapest month to fly to Shanghai from New York, with most prices found around £764. If you don’t want to visit Shanghai in March, then you should wait until April to fly from New York, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of £768.

You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Shanghai from New York when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Shanghai for around £906 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Shanghai from New York for as low as £791 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 45% of flights between New York and Shanghai have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 557 minutes.

Generally, flights departing at night tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the morning have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Thursday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Friday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, China Eastern have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 31% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

As of July 2026, 2 flights take off from New York and land in Shanghai each week. The most common flight departure day for this route is Mon, with 50% of weekly flights taking off on this day.

If you’re flying from a popular airport in New York, such as New York or Newark, and flying into Shanghai, then you can expect flight times to average 15h and 48h 10m, respectively.