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Airports near Shanghai
In short
The nearest airport with scheduled passenger service to Shanghai is Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA), 10 km (6 mi) west-southwest of the city centre.
6 airports with scheduled service lie within 150 km: SHA, PVG, JNH, WUX, NTG and HGH.
Distances are great-circle from Natural Earth's point for Shanghai; airport data from OurAirports, retrieved 2026-10-18.
Data updated
At a glance
- Within 50 km
- 2airports
- Within 100 km
- 3airports
- Within 150 km
- 6airports
Where the airports are
Each airport sits at its real direction and straight-line distance from central Shanghai.
Airports within 150 km of Shanghai
| Airport | Distance from the centre | Direction | Class | Longest runway | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAShanghai Hongqiao International AirportShanghai (Minhang), China | 10 km6 mi | WSW 257° | Large | 3,400 m11,154 ft | 3 m |
| PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportShanghai (Pudong), China | 36 km23 mi | ESE 103° | Large | 4,000 m13,123 ft | 4 m |
| JNHJiaxing Nanhu AirportXiuzhou, Hangzhou, China | 94 km58 mi | SW 232° | Medium | 3,400 m11,155 ft | 5 m |
| WUXSunan Shuofang International AirportWuxi, China | 100 km62 mi | WNW 288° | Large | 3,200 m10,499 ft | 7 m |
| NTGNantong Xingdong International AirportNantong (Tongzhou), China | 104 km65 mi | NNW 336° | Medium | 3,400 m11,155 ft | 5 m |
| HGHHangzhou Xiaoshan International AirportHangzhou, China | 146 km90 mi | SW 222° | Large | 3,600 m11,811 ft | 7 m |
Key findings
Shanghai has 2 large airports within 100 km: SHA (10 km) and PVG (36 km).
How we calculated this: Dataset airports of OurAirports type large_airport within 100 km of the Natural Earth city point.
3 airports with scheduled service lie within 100 km of Shanghai, so it can pay to compare more than one departure airport.
How we calculated this: Count of dataset airports within 100 km of the Natural Earth city point.
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