✈ AUH → JNB
8H 15M. ABU DHABI TO JOHANNESBURG. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.
Flight from Abu Dhabi to Johannesburg
From Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Abu Dhabi
How long is the flight from Abu Dhabi to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 8 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,914 miles (6,299 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 15m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,914 mi
6,299 km · great-circle
Avg speed
764 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Abu Dhabi
Nearest destinations
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Abu Dhabi → Doha
- Abu Dhabi → Mumbai
- Abu Dhabi → Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi → Delhi
- Abu Dhabi → Cairo
- Abu Dhabi → Istanbul
- Abu Dhabi → Athens
- Abu Dhabi → Bucharest
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
Long-haul from Abu Dhabi
- Abu Dhabi → Santiago
- Abu Dhabi → Mexico City
- Abu Dhabi → Auckland
- Abu Dhabi → Buenos Aires
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Cancun
- Abu Dhabi → Las Vegas
- Abu Dhabi → San Francisco
- Abu Dhabi → Dallas
- Abu Dhabi → Miami
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Flights to Johannesburg
Nearest origins
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Doha → Johannesburg
- Cairo → Johannesburg
- Dubai → Johannesburg
- Tel Aviv → Johannesburg
- Mumbai → Johannesburg
- Athens → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
- São Paulo → Johannesburg