There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Durham by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane PVG - RDU
21h 38m$358–1,412Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane SHA - RDU
24h 24m$341–1,804Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)plane PVG - GSO
- Take the train from Greensboro to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
22h 31m$602–2,179Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane PVG - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Durhambus
25h 48m$487–1,859Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane PVG - CLT
- Take the train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
25h 6m$382–1,405Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)plane SHA - GSO
- Take the train from Greensboro to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
24h 13m$495–2,471Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane PVG - ORF
- Take the train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
28h 42m$487–1,887
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Durham is to fly which costs $350 - $1,500 and takes 21h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Durham is to fly which takes 21h 38m and costs $350 - $1,500.
The distance between Shanghai and Durham is 7702 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 38m to get from Shanghai to Durham, including transfers.
Durham is 12h behind Shanghai. It is currently 9:19 PM in Shanghai and 9:19 AM in Durham.
There are 378+ hotels available in Durham.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Durham, NC, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) 4 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Fuzhou, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 58m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Beijing Capital, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Wuhan, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 54m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Beijing Capital, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 18m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Beijing Capital, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Beijing Capital, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 18m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Piedmont Triad International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,600
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Greensboro to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Norfolk to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $11–230
- Business Class
- $55–260
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Durham
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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