Shanghai Pudong International Airport上海浦东国际机场

What is on each level

3F

Departures: domestic and international check-in, bag drop, and the joint inspection area (customs, quarantine, immigration, security)

2F

T1: arrivals level with domestic arrivals/departures mixed; T2: domestic mixed level (C gates). The Maglev station and bus stops are on 2F of the Ground Transportation Centre between the terminals

MF

T2 international arrivals mezzanine: arriving passengers enter the inspection area here, then descend to 2F for baggage claim and customs

1F

Arrivals halls and remote-stand gates (T1 200–203/251–258, T2 C219–C224/D228–D232); taxi ranks and bus stops

B1

Satellite concourse people-mover platforms (T1↔S1, T2↔S2), underground automated people mover

4F

Lounges, dining and shops (international airside)

Before you fly

Check-in

Both terminals check in on 3F, with islands lettered A–M in each building. T1 is the China Eastern / Shanghai Airlines / SkyTeam terminal: China Eastern A, B, C (self-service), H, J, K, L, M; Shanghai Airlines A, C (self-service), H, J, K, L, M; China Airlines G; Delta G/H. T2 serves Air China, China Southern, Juneyao, Spring, Star Alliance and oneworld: Air China H/K, China Southern L (domestic) and D (international), Juneyao J/L, Spring J/M, Cathay Pacific D. Check-in closes 40 minutes before departure for domestic flights and 60 minutes for international flights (70 for Ethiopian Airlines) as of 1 September 2026.

Security

International departures: check in and drop bags on 3F, customs declaration, then the joint inspection area (quarantine, immigration, security, customs), then the international pier or the people mover to the satellite. Domestic departures: check in on 3F, clear security, then wait on the 2F domestic level or in the satellite. The international security peak is 06:30–09:30, with queues kept to 16–20 minutes. Walking between T1 and T2 takes 10–15 minutes, or use the free inter-terminal shuttle, roughly every 10 minutes.

Gates

Main-building gates use numbers or the letters C/D/E/F: T1 main building 1–32 (domestic 1–15, 200–203, 251–258; international 16–32, 208–216); T2 domestic gates are C (C50–C98, remote C219–C224) and international gates are D/E/F (D50–D90 etc., remote D228–D232). In both satellite concourses the rule is: H = domestic gates, G = international gates. S1 has H101–H147 and G101–G140 (remote H501–H502, G551–G552); S2 has H148–H190 and G148–G190 (remote H601–H602, G651–G652). A G or H on your boarding pass means boarding from the satellite: after security take the people mover, about 2.5 minutes with trains every 3–5 minutes.

240-hour visa-free transit

240-hour visa-free transit

Shanghai Pudong International Airport is a designated port under the 240-hour visa-free transit policy

Stay

240 hours

Area

The whole Shanghai municipality, plus cross-province travel within the permitted areas of the 24 eligible provinces — Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui are covered province-wide

Conditions

Pudong is a designated port for the 240-hour (10-day) visa-free transit, open to citizens of 55 countries who hold a passport valid for at least three months and a confirmed onward ticket to a third country or region departing within 240 hours; the stay clock starts at midnight after entry. Every immigration counter can process the transit stamp, and airlines submit advance manifests to the border inspection authority.

On arrival

Disembark (satellite arrivals ride the people mover back to T1/T2 first) → quarantine → immigration (the foreigner arrival card can be filled in online and printed at self-service kiosks) → international baggage hall → customs (green channel if nothing to declare, red channel if you do) → arrivals hall → Ground Transportation Centre for Metro Line 2, Maglev, Airport Link Line, buses or taxis. First bags arrive within 10 minutes of passengers reaching the belt on 95% of flights; last bags within 40 minutes.

Transfers

International to domestic: you must clear immigration and customs first; unless the bags are through-checked you collect them, then re-check in and re-clear security on 3F. Published minimum connecting times: I→D same building 75 min with through-checked bags, 150 min without; cross-building (including satellite) 90 min with bags, 170 min without. D→I: 75/170 min same building, 90/180 min cross-building. I→I: 75/190 min same building, 90/200 min cross-building; add 20 minutes for remote stands. S1's central transfer hall handles all three flows.