✈ JNB → AUH
8H 15M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Johannesburg to Abu Dhabi
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Abu Dhabi?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) 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
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
Eastward — worse
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 Johannesburg
Nearest destinations
- Johannesburg → Cape Town
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Johannesburg → Doha
- Johannesburg → Cairo
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Athens
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
Long-haul from Johannesburg
Flights to Abu Dhabi
Nearest origins
- 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 → Abu Dhabi
Long-haul to 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 → Abu Dhabi