✈ ATH → JNB
9H 15M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Athens to Johannesburg
From Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe → O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Athens
How long is the flight from Athens to Johannesburg?
A nonstop flight from Athens (ATH) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 9 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,436 miles (7,139 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 15m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,436 mi
7,139 km · great-circle
Avg speed
772 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
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 Athens
Nearest destinations
- Athens → Istanbul
- Athens → Bucharest
- Athens → Rome
- Athens → Cairo
- Athens → Budapest
- Athens → Tel Aviv
- Athens → Vienna
- Athens → Munich
- Athens → Milan
- Athens → Prague
Long-haul from Athens
- Athens → Auckland
- Athens → Sydney
- Athens → Melbourne
- Athens → Santiago
- Athens → Buenos Aires
- Athens → Mexico City
- Athens → Los Angeles
- Athens → San Francisco
- Athens → Las Vegas
- Athens → Bali (Denpasar)
More flights to Africa
Flights to Johannesburg
Nearest origins
- Cape Town → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Doha → Johannesburg
- Cairo → Johannesburg
- Abu Dhabi → Johannesburg
- Dubai → Johannesburg
- Tel Aviv → Johannesburg
- Mumbai → Johannesburg
- Rio de Janeiro → Johannesburg
- São Paulo → Johannesburg
Long-haul to Johannesburg
- San Francisco → Johannesburg
- Los Angeles → Johannesburg
- Seattle → Johannesburg
- Vancouver → Johannesburg
- Las Vegas → Johannesburg
- Dallas → Johannesburg
- Mexico City → Johannesburg
- Chicago → Johannesburg
- Atlanta → Johannesburg
- Tokyo → Johannesburg