✈ JNB → ATH
JOHANNESBURG → ATHENS: 9H 15M, 4,436 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Johannesburg to Athens
From O.R. Tambo (JNB), South Africa Africa → Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Greece Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Athens → Johannesburg
How long is the flight from Johannesburg to Athens?
A nonstop flight from Johannesburg (JNB) to Athens (ATH) 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
Johannesburg timezone
UTC+2
Africa/Johannesburg
Athens timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Athens
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
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 → Abu Dhabi
- Johannesburg → Dubai
- Johannesburg → Tel Aviv
- Johannesburg → Mumbai
- Johannesburg → Rio de Janeiro
- Johannesburg → São Paulo
Long-haul from Johannesburg
- Johannesburg → San Francisco
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Seattle
- Johannesburg → Vancouver
- Johannesburg → Las Vegas
- Johannesburg → Dallas
- Johannesburg → Mexico City
- Johannesburg → Chicago
- Johannesburg → Atlanta
- Johannesburg → Tokyo
More flights to Europe
Flights to Athens
Nearest origins
- Istanbul → Athens
- Bucharest → Athens
- Rome → Athens
- Cairo → Athens
- Budapest → Athens
- Tel Aviv → Athens
- Vienna → Athens
- Munich → Athens
- Milan → Athens
- Prague → Athens
Long-haul to 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) → Athens