Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai flight path: KUL to PVG

Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai. The left side wins across all three phases: the Kuala Lumpur skyline during the departure turn, glimpses of Vietnam's coastline, Hainan Island, and the Fujian/Zhejiang coast during cruise, and Hangzhou Bay with the Shanghai skyline on arrival. The right side stays over open ocean for nearly the entire flight with little to see.

During takeoff from Kuala Lumpur International (KUL), sit on the Left side for the best views. Whichever runway is in use, the aircraft must turn onto a north-northeast heading toward Shanghai shortly after liftoff, and that turn swings the Kuala Lumpur skyline into view on the left side. Passengers get a brief but clear look at the city and the forested hills beyond it before the plane settles on its cruise heading over the palm plantations of the Klang Valley. Notable sights include: Petronas Towers/KLCC skyline, KL Tower, Titiwangsa Range foothills, Klang Valley oil palm plantations.

When landing at Shanghai Pudong International (PVG), sit on the Left side for the best views. Arriving from the south, the descent into PVG's north-south runways tracks up along the coast, putting Hangzhou Bay and the Yangtze estuary on the left along with a distant view of Shanghai's Pudong skyline just before touchdown. The right side over these final minutes shows mostly featureless East China Sea. Notable sights include: Hangzhou Bay, Yangtze River estuary and Chongming Island, Pudong skyline (Lujiazui towers), coastal wetlands and fish farms.

The flight from Kuala Lumpur International (KUL) to Shanghai Pudong International (PVG) takes 5h 35m.

South China Sea crossing past the Vietnamese coast near Da Nang and Nha Trang, then east of Hainan Island before the route curves north through the Taiwan Strait toward the Chinese coast near Fujian and Zhejiang.