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✈ EDI → JNB

12H 11M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,969 MILES. EARN THE LEG.

Flight time
12h 11m
Distance
5,969 mi
Or
9,606 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Edinburgh to Johannesburg

From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe  →  O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Johannesburg → Edinburgh

How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Johannesburg?

A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Johannesburg (JNB) takes about 12 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,969 miles (9,606 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 11m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,969 mi

9,606 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Edinburgh timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Johannesburg timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1422 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1643 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 394 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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