There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Washington by plane, subway, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane PVG - DCA
19h 11m$708–2,809Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane PVG - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
21h 48mFly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane PVG - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
21h 26mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SHA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
21h 30mFly 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 Washington Union Stationbus
24h 30mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SHA - DCA
20h 59m$751–4,001Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane PVG - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
21h 42m
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Washington is to fly which costs $700 - $2,900 and takes 19h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Washington is to fly which takes 19h 11m and costs $700 - $2,900.
The distance between Shanghai and Washington is 7518 miles.
It takes approximately 19h 11m to get from Shanghai to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 12h behind Shanghai. It is currently 9:04 AM in Shanghai and 9:04 PM in Washington.
There are 3043+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Washington, DC, USA?
Air Canada, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,700
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–2,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- 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
- $490–1,900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,200
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–2,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- amtrak.com
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- amtrak.com
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mta.maryland.gov
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
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