Cheap flights from New York to Shanghai

The cheapest month to fly to Shanghai from New York is in March. Flight prices, which tend to average around $1,011, are often lower during this time because this is during the off-season. The month of April is another great option to travel to Shanghai, with average flight prices from New York averaging around $1,025.

The cheapest day to depart on your flight to Shanghai is on a Sunday when prices can be found for as low as $1,459. This is often the case because there is less demand to fly during this day of the week. When flying out on a Saturday, the most expensive travel day of the week, you can expect to see flight prices from New York to Shanghai for around $1,696.

Fly from New York John F Kennedy Intl to Shanghai Pu Dong for the best New York - Shanghai flight prices

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 $1,212 when searching weeks out. 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 $1,071 on momondo.

Historically, on average around 46% 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 608 minutes.

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

Thursday is statistically the day of the week which experiences the fewest number of 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 least number of delays on this route over the last 12 months; with about 35% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.